| Red-bellied parrot | |
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| Male (left) and female (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Poicephalus |
| Species: | P. rufiventris
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| Binomial name | |
| Poicephalus rufiventris (Rüppell, 1842)
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Poicephalus rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685312A93067459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685312A93067459.en.
- ^ 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.