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Jardine's Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi |
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Jardine's Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi |
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From west central and east central Africa, Jardine's Parrot is also known as the Red-fronted Parrot which is confusing since, although it has a red brow/crown, three other species of parrot are also named "Red-fronted" (the Red-crowned Kakariki of New Zealand, the Red-fronted Macaw and Red-fronted Conure of South America) and several others are red-fronted (e.g. the Red-capped, Pileated, Red-browed and Thick-billed parrots). Jardine's has three sub-species which vary in their range and the amount of red on the head, thighs and "shoulders". There is no red plumage on the juveniles. The scientific and English names are after William Jardine. |
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Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri |
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Meyer's Parrot comes from central, east central and southern Africa. Named after German ornithologist Bernhard Meyer, there are six sub-species which vary in their home ranges and in the amount of yellow plumage on head and wing and turquoise plumage on body. Two sub-species have no yellow on their heads. |
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Ruppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii |
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Ruppell's/(Rueppell's) Parrot comes from southwest Africa (Namibia/Angola). Named after German naturalist Eduard Ruppell, they have yellow on "shoulders" and thighs. Unusually for birds, females/juveniles are more colourful than males, with mid blue plumage on their back/rump/vent; adult males have brown-grey plumage. |
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Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus |
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The Cape Parrot, as its name indicates, comes from South Africa but there are also sub-species in West and East Africa. Also called the Brown-necked, Levaillant's and Reichenow's Cape Parrot. The largest of the African Poicephalus species, they have red on the wing/"shoulders", grey heads, green bodies and disproportionately large grey upper beaks; unusually, the female/juveniles are more colourful with a red brow/cap. There are three sub-species in different areas: the nominate, P. r. robustus, from South Africa; the East African, P. r. suahelicus or the Grey-headed Parrot (illustrated), and the West African, P. r. fuscicollis or the Brown-necked Parrot. |
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| Senegal Parrot | Red-bellied Parrot | Brown-headed Parrot |