Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Other Names (World)
Grey Parrot, Gray Parrot, African Grey Parrot, African Gray Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1758

Range (Guide)

Angola (B) (NB), Benin (B) (NB), Burundi (B) (NB), Cameroon (B) (NB), Central African Republic (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), C�te dIvoire (B) (NB), Equatorial Guinea (B) (NB), Gabon (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Guinea-bissau (B) (NB), Kenya (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Mali (B) (NB), Nigeria (B) (NB), Rwanda (B) (NB), S�o Tom� e Principe (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Togo (B) (NB), Uganda (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 680,000 - 13,000,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (71)...)

Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) [XC792624]
by Alain Verneau from Ntonso, Kwabre East, Ashanti Region, Ghana (call)

Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) [XC492836]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Lobeke National park, Gran Savanna camp, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies timneh may be separate species, with very little interbreeding and fairly distinctive voice.

Proposed subspecies princeps, from Principe in the Gulf of Guinea, is not distinguishable from nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

timneh Linnaeus, 1758 - Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast (at least 70 km east of R Bandama), with isolated populations in Guinea-Bissau and southern Mali.
erithacus Linnaeus, 1758 - Ivory Coast east to western Kenya and north-western Tanzania and south to south-central Zaire and Cabinda, including Príncipe and (probably introduced) S�o Tom�.
princeps Alexander, 1909 - Pr�ncipe Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - 10 files

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