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| − | [[Image:Attachment-2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jc122463|jc122463}}<br />Aberdare's, [[Kenya]], May 2008]] | + | [[Image:Attachment-2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''massaicus''.<br>Photo by {{user|jc122463|jc122463}}<br />Aberdare's, [[Kenya]], May 2008]] |
;[[:Category:Poicephalus|Poicephalus]] gulielmi | ;[[:Category:Poicephalus|Poicephalus]] gulielmi | ||
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| + | '''Alternative name: Jardine's Parrot''' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 32 cm. Large, largely green parrot with red or orangy blaze on forehead to crown. | |
| + | * body mid green | ||
| + | * wings and mantle darker, with dark/blackish feather centres | ||
| + | * underparts brighter and more yellow due to broadly yellow feathers with green fringing | ||
| + | * leading edge of wing with variable red patches | ||
| + | * under wing dark | ||
| + | * upper tail dark | ||
| + | * eye golden or amber | ||
| + | * orbital skin variably orange or white (age-related?) | ||
| + | * cere variably orangy or whitish | ||
| + | * loral area often with extensive dark patch | ||
| + | * bill has upper mandible with extensive pale patch from base with a variably darker cutting edge. Lower mandible dark | ||
| + | * thighs green but with distal part orange-red | ||
| + | * feet may be orangy or greyish | ||
| + | (ID description based on references [[#References|[2]]], [[#References|[3]]], [[#References|[4]]]) | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Africa]] | [[Africa]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Pair_red_fronted_parrot_kenya.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Adult and immature of subspecies ''massaicus''.<br>Photo © by {{user|THE_FERN|THE_FERN}}. Mount Kenya National Park, [[Kenya]], November 2021]] | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]: | ||
| + | *''P. g. fantiensis'': Liberia to Ivory Coast and Ghana [forehead back as far as (exceptionally) rear of crown orange] | ||
| + | *''P. g. gulielmi'': Cameroon to northern Angola eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and west Uganda [forehead back as far as (exceptionally) rear of crown orange red] | ||
| + | *''P. g. massaicus'': Western Kenya and northern Tanzania [forehead to less than mid-crown only red (not orange)] | ||
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| + | (Subspecies descriptions based on references [[#References|[2]]], [[#References|[3]]], [[#References|[4]]]) | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}} | ||
| + | #{{Ref-ForeshawKnight10}} | ||
| + | #{{Ref-AfricanBirdClubImages}} | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Macauley}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Poicephalus+gulielmi}} | {{GSearch|Poicephalus+gulielmi}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Poicephalus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Poicephalus]] | ||
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- Poicephalus gulielmi
Alternative name: Jardine's Parrot
Identification
32 cm. Large, largely green parrot with red or orangy blaze on forehead to crown.
- body mid green
- wings and mantle darker, with dark/blackish feather centres
- underparts brighter and more yellow due to broadly yellow feathers with green fringing
- leading edge of wing with variable red patches
- under wing dark
- upper tail dark
- eye golden or amber
- orbital skin variably orange or white (age-related?)
- cere variably orangy or whitish
- loral area often with extensive dark patch
- bill has upper mandible with extensive pale patch from base with a variably darker cutting edge. Lower mandible dark
- thighs green but with distal part orange-red
- feet may be orangy or greyish
(ID description based on references [2], [3], [4])
Distribution
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:
- P. g. fantiensis: Liberia to Ivory Coast and Ghana [forehead back as far as (exceptionally) rear of crown orange]
- P. g. gulielmi: Cameroon to northern Angola eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and west Uganda [forehead back as far as (exceptionally) rear of crown orange red]
- P. g. massaicus: Western Kenya and northern Tanzania [forehead to less than mid-crown only red (not orange)]
(Subspecies descriptions based on references [2], [3], [4])
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Forshaw, J.M. & Knight, F. (2010). Parrots of the World. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691142852.
- African Bird Club Image Database. Available at https://www.africanbirdclub.org/image-database/
- Macauley Library at https://www.macaulaylibrary.org
