Parrots (Psittacidae)
Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) - HBW 4, p. 416
French: Perroquet youyou
German: Mohrenkopf
Spanish: Lorito Senegalés
Taxonomy: Psittacus Senegalus Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Proposed race mesotypus from E end of range appears indistinguishable from, or only a clinal end of, nominate race. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- senegalus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Gambia and Guinea-Bissau E to S Niger, N Cameroon and SW Chad.
- versteri Finsch, 1863 - NW Ivory Coast E to SW Nigeria, S of nominate senegalus but N of rain forest belt.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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1 bird Locality Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A bird being fed by a Rose-ringed Parakeet Locality Madrid, Spain (ssp senegalus)
Javier Ortas 30 December 2005 3 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird in an orange tree, amongst Rose-ringed Parakeets Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp senegalus)
Juan Sanabria 31 December 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a tree, looking around in company of Rose-ringed Parakeets Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp senegalus)
Juan Sanabria 31 December 2006 4 years ago 39 sec 4.1 -
A bird resting and preening in a tree Locality Madrid, Spain (ssp senegalus)
Javier Ortas 30 December 2005 3 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding in a palm tree Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalus)
Eldert Groenewoud 20 October 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 3.8
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An adult bird one of a small resident flock near Gunjur.
Locality Gunjur, Western Division, The Gambia
M P Goodey 1 October 2007 29 weeks ago 3.3 -
A pair prospecting on the stump of a Rhun palm.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalus)
Steve Garvie 10 December 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
Bird feeding in the botanical garden (Puerto de la Cruz)
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Georges Olioso 24 March 2009 2 years ago 0
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calls from perch Locality Groningen Province, Netherlands
(ssp senegalus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 23 October 2003 2 years ago 4
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