Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Brown Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
French: Perroquet de Meyer
German: Goldbugpapagei
Spanish: Lorito de Meyer
Other common names: Meyer's Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus Meyeri Cretzschmar, 1827, Kordofan. Forms a superspecies with P. rueppellii, P. cryptoxanthus and P. crassus, and possibly others. Much intergradation between races, and also variation within each, indicating need for revision. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- meyeri (Cretzschmar, 1827) - NE Cameroon through S Chad, N Central African Republic and N Zaire to S Sudan and W Ethiopia.
- saturatus (Sharpe, 1901) - W Kenya and Uganda to E Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- matschiei Neumann, 1898 - SE Zaire and W & C Tanzania to E Angola, N Zambia and N Malawi.
- meyeri (Cretzschmar, 1827) - NE Cameroon through S Chad, N Central African Republic and N Zaire to S Sudan and W Ethiopia.
- saturatus (Sharpe, 1901) - W Kenya and Uganda to E Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- matschiei Neumann, 1898 - SE Zaire and W & C Tanzania to E Angola, N Zambia and N Malawi.
- reichenowi Neumann, 1898 - W Angola.
- damarensis Neumann, 1898 - S Angola, N & C Namibia and NW Botswana.
- transvaalensis Neumann, 1899 - S Zambia and N Mozambique, through E Botswana and Zimbabwe to N South Africa.
- Least Concern
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Three birds in a tree, preening Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp saturatus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 2 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A bird singing Okavango Delta, Botswana (ssp damarensis)
Alex García 2 January 2008 2 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding, walking away and calling once Okavango Delta, Botswana (ssp damarensis)
Alex García 2 January 2008 2 years ago 44 sec 4.1 -
A juvenile on a trunk, jumping to a puddle to drink with two Grey Go-away-birds and flying away Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana (ssp damarensis)
Juan Sanabria 27 September 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 3.9 -
A bird on a branch, descending to another one and joining there another individual. Rwankore, Uganda (ssp saturatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 27 February 2008 1 year ago 12 sec 3.5 -
An adult bird on a nestbox. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 43 weeks ago 30 sec 3
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Meyer's Parrot at Kalkheuwel waterhole, Etosha, Namibia. Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Hans Hillewaert 30 June 2007 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2.8 -
A bird perched in a tree Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Laurent Demongin 25 September 2004 1 year ago 2
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Call's from roost. 5:50am. Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp damarensis)
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 13 weeks ago 3
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