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Yellow-fronted Parrot - BirdForum Opus

Female left, male right
Photo by volker sthamer
Yergalem, Ethiopia, November 2012

Disambiguation: For the Amazon parrot that once was known by the same name, see Yellow-crowned Parrot

Poicephalus flavifrons

Identification

Length 28 cm.
A green parrot with a yellow head. The eye is pale with a blackish eye ring. The upper mandible is brownish-grey and the lower mandible is pale horn.

Distribution

Africa: endemic to Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1]. but some authorities[2] recognize subspecies P. f. flavifrons and P. f. aurantiiceps

Habitat

Montane riverine forest from 300m; also lowland sub-tropical humid forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Very little is known but they have been observed feeding on fruits.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

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