Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris)

Other Names (World)
Red-bellied Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, African Orange-bellied Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of].

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) [XC300601]
by Hans Matheve from South of Yabello, Ethiopia (call)

Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) [XC300596]
by Peter Boesman from Sof Omar, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
Probably belongs in superspecies with Brown Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri), Ruppell's Parrot (Poicephalus rueppellii), Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) and Niam-niam Parrot (Poicephalus crassus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pallidus van Someren, 1922 - Eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.
rufiventris (R�ppell, 1845) - Central Ethiopia to northern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) - 10 files

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