Un-cape Parrot
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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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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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