Alternative name: African Orange-bellied Parrot
- Poicephalus rufiventris
Identification
9"
- Bright red eye
- Sexually dimorphic
Male: orange-red chest
Female:green and grey chest
Distribution
Eastern Africa: found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- P. r. pallidus:
- P. r. rufiventris:
Habitat
Dry country, bush and woodland, fruit bushes.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet includes the acacia fruit.
Breeding
The average clutch size is three to four eggs. The eggs take an average of 26 days to incubate, hatching a day or two apart.
References
- 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.
- Avibase
- Animal-World
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Red-bellied Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-bellied_Parrot