Jardine's Parrot

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Jardine's Parrot
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Subfamily: Psittacinae Tribe: Psittacini Genus: Poicephalus Species: P. gulielmi
Binomial name
Poicephalus gulielmi (Jardine, 1849)
Subspecies
P. g. gulielmi P. g. fantiensis P. g. massaicus

Jardine's Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi) is also known as the Red-fronted Parrot. It is an African parrot. It is predominantly green with orange on the top of its head, top of its legs, and angle of its wings.

The bird is noted for its comic character,as it can be trained to lie down on its back with feet sticking into the air [1] .

There are three subspecies:

• P. g. gulielmi, black wings
• P. g. fantiensis, smaller size
• P. g. massaicus, less orange

[edit] External links

• http://www.wingscc.com/aps/jardine.htm
• http://www.parrots.org/index.php/encyclopedia/profile/jardines_parrot/