Cape Parrot
Poicephalus robustus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Cape Parrot
The Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) 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.
Range: southern and eastern South Africa (Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal; isolated population at Woodbush forest, Limpopo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Poicephalus robustus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Cape Parrot
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus robustus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- No locality = South Africa.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.344
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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