Senegal Parrot

Mohrenkopf Parrot ( P. senegalus )

The Moor's head parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus ) is a species of parrot in the genus of the long wing parrots ( Poicephalus ). There are three subspecies.

Appearance

Head and face gray to dark gray, ear-coverts and latticed with lightly silver approach. Lower breast, abdomen, under wing - coverts and in bright light yellow, which delves into the abdominal center to Orange. Flight feathers and tail dark brown with olive approach. Back, legs and a shield- shaped chest band bright grass green. Bill blackish, iris yellow, glasses ( naked eye ring ) anthracite.

Dissemination

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea- Bissau and Guinea, Ivory Coast and Ghana east to western Nigeria, eastern and north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. The Moor's head parrots are usually site- faithful and just do local walks because of the food supply. Mohrenkopf parrots were encountered already up to an altitude of 1000m.

Voice

The Moor's head parrot belongs to the middle loud to loud parrots, which manifests itself with whistles and some high-pitched tones. The shrill penetrating voice is his identification with each other and is due to the communication in the vast plains of Africa.

The systematic position within the genus Poicephalus

The following cladogram shows the genus Poicephalus with their respective degrees of relationship. It lacks the Niam - Niam Parrot ( Poicephalus crassus ), whose species status is disputed.

Poicephalus gulielmi

Poicephalus robustus

Poicephalus fuscicollis

Poicepalus flavifrons

Poicephalus senegalus

Poicephalus rufiventris

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

Poicephalus meyeri

Poicephalus rueppellii

The following subspecies are described for the Mohrenkopf Parrot:

  • Poicephalus senegalus senegalus
  • Poicephalus senegalus versteri
  • Poicephalus senegalus mesotypus
Psittacidae The Gambia Niam-niam Parrot Red-bellied Parrot
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