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Yellow-faced Parrot
Also Known As: Yellow-fronted Parrot, Shoa Parrot
Wild Yellow-faced Parrot foraging.
Credit: © Oláh János
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Did You Know?
Poicephalus means, literally, "made of head."
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Species Profile
Genus:Poicephalus
Species:
flavifrons
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 28cm (11 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
Possibly two: P.f. flavifrons, P.f. aurantiiceps
Colourization Adult:
P.f. flavifrons: medium sized parrot; mainly green plumage with bright yellow face and crown; tail olive/brown; thighs and carpal edge occasionally marked yellow; dark upper, pale lower mandible. Eye orange/red. Bare cere and eye ring grey. P.f. aurantiiceps: as in flavifrons but face yellow washed with orange.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but face duller yellow/olive green. Eye brown.
Call: Loud, shrill whistles and screeches.
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Content Sources:
Article "Genus Poicephalus - New Taxonomic Insights," by Mike Perrin http://www.oldworldaviaries.com/text/lewis/poicephalus-taxonomy.htm
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E168.htm&Pic=168_1.JPG
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1502&m=0
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
ML Media Collection Catalogue 96297, Yellow-faced Parrot Poicephalus flavifrons, Macaulay, Linda, Ethiopia, Jan. 5 1996, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
PsittaScene, no. 52
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
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