Red-bellied parrot

Red-bellied parrot
Male (left) and female (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Poicephalus
Species:
P. rufiventris
Binomial name
Poicephalus rufiventris
(Rüppell, 1842)

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.[2] It is a mostly greenish and grey parrot. Males have a bright orange belly and females have a greenish belly.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Poicephalus rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685312A93067459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685312A93067459.en.
  2. ^ Sarker, Subir; Das, Shubhagata; Ghorashi, Seyed A.; Forwood, Jake K.; Helbig, Karla; Raidal, Shane R. (2018). "The first complete mitogenome of red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus refiventris) resolves phylogenetic status within Psittacidae". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (1): 195–197. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1437818. PMC 7800220. PMID 33474115.