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Photo by xentox
Liberia, February 2006

Includes: Timneh Parrot

Psittacus erithacus

Identification

Distribution

Humid, tropical Africa: Western Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po), Sao Tome, Principe

Popular cage pet, escapes can turn up anywhere.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • P. e. timneh:
  • P. e. erithacus:

Habitat

Behaviour

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

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