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BirdPix:   498
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2231AC
Observer:   Kennedy David; Photo by Anne Kennedy
Date of record:   2008-03-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Note that the parrot on the left has a yellow shoulder flash. Staff at Pafuri commented that this resulted from occasional hybridisation with Meyer's Parrot. All parrots, and many other bird species in the area, were drawn irresistibly to the brightly-coloured seed-pods of Terminalia prunioides. which was comon in the area
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   328
Species name:   Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
Common name:   Brown-headed Parrot -- Bruinkoppapegaai
Family:   Psittacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-498
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 498 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   Bird on right
Date:   2013-08-26 14:07:55
Species name:   Poicephalus cryptoxanthus -- Brown-headed Parrot; Bruinkoppapegaai
Species code:   328

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