Black-headed Parrot
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Black-headed Parrot ( P. senegalus ) |
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The Mohrenkopfpapagei ( Poicephalus senegalus ) is a parrots art from the genus of poicephalus ( Poicephalus ). There are 3 subspecies.
Appearance
Head and face gray to dark gray, ear covers or ear mark with a slight silver tinge. The back of the breast, belly, under wing and tail coverts in bright light yellow, which deepens to orange in the middle of the abdomen. Feathers and tail dark brown with an olive green tinge. Back, thighs and a shield-shaped chest band are bright grass green. Bill blackish gray, iris yellow, glasses (naked eye ring) anthracite.
distribution
Senegal , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau and Guinea , Ivory Coast and Ghana eastwards to West Nigeria , East and Northeast Nigeria, North Cameroon and Southwest Chad . The black-headed parrots are mostly true to their location and only undertake local hikes because of the food supply. Black-headed parrots have been found up to a height of 1000 m.
voice
The black-headed parrot is one of the medium-loud to loud parrots, which expresses itself with whistles and some shrill tones. The shrill penetrating voice is his distinguishing mark among each other and is based on communication in the vast steppes of Africa.
The systematic position within the genus Poicephalus
The following cladogram shows the genus Poicephalus with their respective degrees of relationship. The Niam-Niam parrot ( Poicephalus crassus ), whose species status is controversial, is missing .
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The following subspecies are described for the black-headed parrot:
- Poicephalus senegalus senegalus
- Poicephalus senegalus versteri
- Poicephalus senegalus mesotype
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Hoppe and Peter Welcke: Long-winged Parrots (Edition Gefiederte Welt). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-8001-4786-1 , p. 79.
Web links
- Mohrenkopflexikon Extensive page about long-winged parrots; an entry for each species
- Information page about the keeping and nutrition of black-headed parrots
- Poicephalus senegalus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings about Poicephalus senegalus in the Internet Bird Collection