Niam-niam Parrot
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| Niam-niam Parrot | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittacinae |
| Genus: | Poicephalus |
| Species: | P. crassus |
| Binomial name | |
| Poicephalus crassus (Sharpe, 1884) | |
The Niam-niam Parrot (Poicephalus crassus) is a parrot endemic in Central Africa (Cameroon to SW Sudan). It is a mostly green parrot with a brown head and a red iris. It lives in woodlands and is not known in captivity.
Distribution and Habitat
This parrot has a range extending across the central portion of the Central African Republic and into portions of neighboring South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Chad.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Poicephalus crassus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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