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Red-bellied Parrot
Poicephalus rufiventris
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About the Red-bellied Parrot
The red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) is a small African parrot about 23 cm (9 in) long of the genus Poicephalus. The genus Poicephalus has the greatest quantity of species and is widely spread in Africa. It is a mostly greenish and grey parrot. Males have a bright orange belly and females have a greenish belly.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Poicephalus rufiventris
- Family
- New World and African Parrots
- Order
- Psittaciformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world and african parrots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola
- Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
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