General Description
| Name: | Timneh Parrot |  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Latin Name: | Psittacus (erithacus) timneh | ||
| Life Span: | 50 – 60 years | ||
| Length: | 25 – 36 cm | ||
| Weight: | 410 g | ||
| Wingspan: | |||
| Sexual Maturity: | Male three to four years, female two and half to three years. | ||
| Breeding Season: | During the dry season | ||
| Clutch: | 3 – 5 eggs | ||
| Nesting: | |||
| Natural Diet: | |||
| Gender Difference: | DNA testing is required | ||
Habitat
The Timneh parrot is endemic to the western parts of the moist Upper Guinean forests and bordering savannas of West Africa from Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and southern Mali eastwards to at least 70 km east of the Bandama River in Ivory Coast.
Gender Identification
DNA testing is necessary.
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List and is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
