Yellow-fronted Parrot

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Yellow-fronted Parrot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Psittacini
Genus: Poicephalus
Species: P. flavifrons
Binomial name
Poicephalus flavifrons
(Rüppell, 1845)

The Yellow-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons) is endemic in Ethiopia and Eastern Africa. It is a mostly green parrot with a yellow head. It is not common and little is known about this bird.

There are two subspecies:

  • Poicephalus flavifrons flavifrons (the nominate subspecies)
  • Poicephalus flavifrons aurantiiceps