African Green Parrots
Poicephalus
The genus Poicephalus comprises nine species of parrots native to various regions of the Afrotropic ecozone, including Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal in the west, Ethiopia in the east, and to South Africa in the south. Several of the species exist in slightly different forms (or subspecies).
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Meyer's Parrot
speciesPoicephalus meyeri
Senegal Parrot
speciesPoicephalus senegalus
Brown-headed Parrot
speciesPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
Red-bellied Parrot
speciesPoicephalus rufiventris
Rüppell's Parrot
speciesPoicephalus rueppellii
Cape Parrot
speciesPoicephalus robustus
Grey-headed Parrot
speciesPoicephalus fuscicollis
Red-fronted Parrot
speciesPoicephalus gulielmi
Yellow-fronted Parrot
speciesPoicephalus flavifrons
Niam-Niam Parrot
speciesPoicephalus crassus
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus × meyeri
hybridPoicephalus cryptoxanthus × meyeri
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19047.