Parrots (Psittacidae)
Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi) - HBW 4, p. 414
French: Perroquet à calotte rouge
German: Kongopapagei
Spanish: Lorito Frentirrojo
Other common names: Red-crowned/Red-headed/Jardine's Parrot
Taxonomy: Pionus gulielmi Jardine, 1849, River Congo.
Forms a parapatric species pair with P. robustus. Birds of Kenya highlands formerly separated as race permistus; nominate race includes doubtful race aubryanus. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fantiensis Neumann, 1908 - Liberia E to Ghana.
- gulielmi (Jardine, 1849) - Cameroon S to Cabinda (N Angola) and E to E Zaire and SW Uganda.
- massaicus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - W & C Kenya and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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small group interacting in a very distant tree top Locality Krabo Forest, Western Region, Ghana (ssp fantiensis)
Martin Kennewell 8 December 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 2.3
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Pair perched
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp fantiensis)
Nik Borrow 25 April 2009 2 years ago 3.2
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Calls Locality San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 45 weeks ago 4
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