Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus)
French: Perroquet à tête brune
German: Braunkopfpapagei
Spanish: Lorito Cabecipardo
Taxonomy: Psittacus (Poiocephalus) [sic] cryptoxanthus W. K. H. Peters, 1854, Inhambane, Mozambique.
Forms superspecies with P. meyeri, P. rueppellii and P. crassus, and possibly others. Believed to hybridize with P. meyeri in SE Zimbabwe, although this is perhaps not as extensive as once thought: birds with yellow shoulders may be aberrant birds of present species. In past considered conspecific with P. crassus. Proposed race zanzibaricus, of Zanzibar and Pemba, indistinct from tanganyikae, which itself is sometimes regarded as invalid. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tanganyikae Bowen, 1930 - SE Kenya, Zanzibar and Pemba to S Malawi and Mozambique N of R Save.
- cryptoxanthus (W. K. H. Peters, 1854) - SE Zimbabwe and Mozambique S of R Save to NE South Africa.
- Least Concern
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A bird feeding in a tree Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp crytoxanthus)
Max Roth 30 September 2000 4 years ago 20 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening on a branch Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp crytoxanthus)
Max Roth 30 September 2000 4 years ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp crytoxanthus)
Max Roth 30 September 2000 4 years ago 12 sec 3.7
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An immadure bird. Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Pedro Ortega Pinil... 22 August 2004 1 year ago 3
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