Brown-headed Parrot
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| Poicephalus cryptoxanthus (Peters, 1854) |
The Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a mostly green African parrot with a greyish-brown head and yellow under its wings. The adult birds have yellow eyes and juvenile birds have brown eyes.
The yellow under its wings explains its name cryptoxanthus, which means "hidden yellow"; from Greek xanthos or ξανθος means "yellow", and "crypto", from the Greek kryptos, is an English prefix that means "hidden" or "secret".
[edit] Subspecies
Up to three subspecies are sometimes recognised:
- Poicephalus c. cryptoxanthus — e South Africa to s Mozambique
- Poicephalus c. tanganyikae — Mozambique to Kenya
- Poicephalus c. zanzibaricus — Zanzibar and Pemba islands
The differences are however slight and White (1965) considers the species monotypic.
[edit] References
- Guide to the Senegal Parrot and its family. By M.S. Allan & D. Deter. Barron's. ISBN 0-7641-0332-6
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