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Information about Un Cape Parrot

Grey-headed Parrot

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Tribe:Psittacini
Genus:Poicephalus
Species:P. fuscicollis
Binomial name
Poicephalus fuscicollis
Kuhl, 1820
Subspecies


P.f.fuscicollis
P.f.suahelicus
The Un-cape Parrot is starting to be used as the common name for Poicephalus fuscicollis, which is an African parrot and comprises the two supspecies the Brown-necked Parrot and the Grey-headed Parrot.

Classification

Prior to clarification from recent DNA studies the two subspecies of the Un-cape Parrot were grouped together as subspecies of the nominate Poicephalus robustus robustus, now called the Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus). The Cape Parrot and the Un-cape Parrot are now classified as separate species.

Poicephalus fuscicollis (species also known as the Un-cape Parrot)
  • The Poicephalus fuscicollis fuscicollis (subspecies also known as the Brown-necked Parrot)
  • The Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus (subspecies also known as the Grey-headed Parrot)

Description

The two subspecies differ in the colour of their head and neck; the Grey-headed Parrot has a grey head and the Brown-headed Parrot has a grey/brown neck. The two subspecies have dark green upper parks, light green lower parts and have orange on their shoulders. Juvenile birds have orange foreheads, which is retained on adult female parrots and is lost from the male parrots on maturity. This sexual dimorphism enables adult birds to be sexed.

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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Psittacidae
Illiger, 1811

Subfamily
Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)
Psittacinae (typical parrots and allies)

The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae
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Psittacini

Genera

Coracopsis
Psittacus
Poicephalus
Agapornis

Tribus Psittacini consists of Afrotropical parrots; there are 22 species in 4 genera.
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Poicephalus
Swainson, 1837

The genus Poicephalus comprises 10 species of parrots native to various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal in the west, Ethiopia in the east, and to Cape Horn in the south.
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Heinrich Kuhl (September 17, 1797 - September 14, 1821) was a German zoologist.

Kuhl was born in Hanau. He became assistant to Coenraad Jacob Temminck at Leiden museum. In 1817 he published a monograph on bats and in 1819 he published Conspectus psittacorum.
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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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P. robustus

Binomial name
Poicephalus robustus
(Gmelin, 1788)

Cape Parrot range


The Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus)
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Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. Examples include size, color, and the presence or absence of parts of the body used in courtship displays or fights, such as ornamental feathers, horns, antlers or tusks.
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