Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi)

Other Names (World)
Red-fronted Parrot, Red-crowned Parrot, Red-headed Parrot, Jardine's Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
26 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jardine, 1849)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From 1,600 - 2,550 m, occasionally up to 3250 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi) [XC807597]
by Brendan Sloan from Castle Lodge Mount Kenya, Kenya (call)

Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi) [XC505459]
by Albert Vrielink from Quitende, Quitexe, U\u00edge Province, Angola (call)

Subspecies
Forms a parapatric species pair with Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus). Birds of Kenya highlands formerly separated as subspecies permistus. Nominate subspecies includes doubtful subspecies aubryanus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

fantiensis Neumann, 1908 - Liberia east to Ghana.
gulielmi (Jardine, 1849) - Cameroon south to Cabinda (northern Angola) and east to eastern Zaire and south-western Uganda.
massaicus Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884 - Western and central Kenya and northern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-fronted Parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi) - 10 files

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