Brown-headed Parrot
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus(Peters, WKH, 1854)
English (US) Brown-headed Parrot
The Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-headed Parrot
- Described by
- (Peters, WKH, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Poicephalus cryptoxanthus tanganyikae
- Poicephalus cryptoxanthus cryptoxanthus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus (Poiocephalus) cryptoxanthus
- Described by
- (Peters, WKH, 1854)
- Type locality
- Inhambane, Mozambique.
- Original description
- Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin p.371
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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