Their wings have bright green feathers with black edges. They have a ridge of red emerging from under the wing along the edge of the wing.
The rest is bright green with red rings around the bottoms of their leg feathers, and their foreheads have splashes of red, and or orange, and or yellow on a mature bird. Babies have just a suggestion of red above the beak where the head feathers begin. They have a white bare patch around their eyes.
General Description
| Name: | Jardine Parrot |  |
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| Latin Name: | Poicephalus gulielmi | ||
| Life Span: | |||
| Length: | 26 – 28 cm | ||
| Weight: | 110 – 145 g | ||
| Wingspan: | |||
| Sexual Maturity: | Male three to four years, female two and half to three years. | ||
| Breeding Season: | |||
| Clutch: | Three to Four eggs size around 34.3 x 28.5 mm. | ||
| Nesting: | |||
| Natural Diet: | |||
| Gender Difference: | DNA testing is required | ||
Sub-Species
| SUB-SPECIES PROPERTIES |
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| LATIN NAME | DIFFERENCES |
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| Poicephalus gulielmi gulielmi | Orange-red on forehead to forecrown, wings, and thighs. Endemic to the Congo River basin. This subspecies has also been introduced to the island of Puerto Rico.[2 |
| Poicephalus gulielmi fantiensis | The forecrown is orange and there is an orange-red or orange on the wings, slightly smaller. Endemic from Liberia to southern Ghana |
| Poicephalus gulielmi massaicus | Similar to P. gulielmi except on the head the orange-red is less extensive occurring on the forehead above the beak. Endemic in the highlands (1800 to 3500m) of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania |
Habitat
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List and is listed on Appendix xxx
