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Brown-headed Parrot  

Also Known As: Concealed-yellow Parrot
 
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Wild Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) foraging on seed pods, South Africa

Credit: © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi | http://www.justbirds.org/home.htm
 
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Did You Know?
Cryptoxanthus means "concealed yellow" which in the case of the Brown-headed Parrot refers to the yellow on its underwing coverts.

Species Profile
Genus:
Poicephalus

Species:
cryptoxanthus

Size: Adult Weight:
22 cm (8.6 in) 120-156g (4.2-5.4 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: P.c. Crytoxanthus, P.c. tanganyikae

Colourization Adult:
P.c. cryptoxanthus: both adults small, mainly green parrots with grey/brown head; bright yellow underwings. Blue/grey upper mandible, tan lower. Bare cere and eye ring dark brown/grey. Eye yellow. P.c. tanganyikae: as in crytoxanthus but paler; more green and less brown. Mantle greener and underparts brighter.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but duller with brown eye.

Call: Flight call loud strident notes rising in pitch with each following note. Also high pitched staccato notes. Feeding accompanied by soft chattering.

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Content Sources:

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1504&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

xeno-canto Africa http://www.xeno-canto.org/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.