Red-fronted parrot

Red-fronted parrot
P. g. fantiensis at Birds of Eden, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Poicephalus
Species:	P. gulielmi
Binomial name
Poicephalus gulielmi (Jardine, 1849)
Subspecies
P. g. gulielmi, (Jardine 1849) P. g. fantiensis, Neumann 1908 P. g. massaicus, Fischer & Reichenow 1884
Approximate ranges of subspecies

The red-fronted parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi), also known as Jardine's parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot distributed across wide areas of Africa. It has three subspecies. The extent and shade of the red or orange plumage on its head, thighs, and bend of wings vary depending on the subspecies.

They are popular as pets, partly because of their ability to mimic speech and copy sounds. Trapping of wild birds for the pet trade is a potential threat to wild populations; however, they are protected by CITES (appendix II) making the trade, import and export of all wild-caught parrots illegal.