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Species Profile

Genus:
Poicephalus

Species:
meyeri

Size:	Adult Weight:
21 cm (8.2 in)	100-135g (3.5-4.7 oz)

Races including nominate:
six: P.m. meyeri, P.m. saturatus, P.m. matschiei, P.m. transvaalensis, P.m. reichenowi, P.m. damarensis

Colourization Adult:
P.m. meyeri: both adults grey/brown with yellow stripe across crown; blue/green lower breast to tail coverts and rump, variably more blue than green; yellow thighs, bend of wing, lesser wing coverts and underwing coverts; underwings where flight feathers are pale grey suffused with yellow; tail brown. Bill dark grey. Cere bare and brown/grey, eye ring brown/grey. Eye orange/red. P.m. transvaalensis: both adults as in meyeri, but with paler head and upperparts; little yellow or absent across crown; lower underparts more blue; bright blue rump. P.m. damarensis: both adults as in transvaalensis, but in general paler; yellow band across crown absent. P.m. reichenowi: both adults as in meyeri but darker brown in colour; yellow stripe across crown absent; undersides of flight feathers dark grey. P.m. matschiei: both adults as in reichenowi but with less yellow band across crown; underparts washed with blue; bright blue rump. P.m. saturatus: both adults head and upperparts darker brown; green rump, suffused with pale blue; undersides of flight feathers dark grey.

Colourization Juvenile: Generally more greenish-brown than adult. No yellow on head or thighs. Less yellow on bend of wing. Underwing green and brown. Underparts more green. Eye dark brown.

Call: Call a series of screeches often with brief pauses. Birds in flight duet with one another. Growling call can rise to shrieking cry when alarmed. Flock emit chorus of excitement calls. Captive birds mimickers.

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