Niam-Niam parrot

Niam-Niam parrot
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Psittacinae
Genus:	Poicephalus
Species:	P. crassus
Binomial name
*Poicephalus crassus* (Sharpe, 1884)

The Niam-Niam parrot (Poicephalus crassus) is a parrot endemic in Central Africa (Cameroon to SW South Sudan). It is a mostly green parrot with a brown head and a red iris. It lives in woodlands and is not known in captivity.

Distribution and habitat

This parrot has a range extending across the central portion of the Central African Republic and into portions of neighboring South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Chad.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Poicephalus crassus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

http://www.wingscc.com/aps/niam.htm

Subfamily: Psittacinae

Genus	Species

Psittacus	Congo African grey parrot (or grey parrot) (supporting pages: Alex (parrot) N'kisi) Timneh African grey parrot (or Timneh parrot)

Poicephalus	Cape parrot P. fuscicollis Red-fronted parrot Meyer's parrot Rüppell's parrot (or Rueppell's parrot) Brown-headed parrot Red-bellied parrot Senegal parrot Yellow-fronted parrot Niam-Niam parrot

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