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Rüppell's Parrot
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Rüppell's Parrot
Poicephalus rueppellii
The Rüppell's parrot (Poicephalus rueppellii) or Rueppell's parrot is a bird that is endemic in southwestern Africa from central Namibia to southwest Angola. It lives in savanna where there are trees or in dry woodland. It is more common near streams or rivers. The name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell.
From the article Rüppell's parrot on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Rüppell's parrot is 22–25 cm (8.7–9.8 in) long and weighs 121–156 g (4.3–5.5 oz). It has an overall black color. Both adult male and female birds have some yellow feathers on the leading edge of the wings, and yellow feathers covering their upper legs; in immature birds, the yellow is dull or missing. It is sexually dimorphic; adult female birds have blue feathers on the lower back and the rump, while male birds lose this blue feather coloration as they become mature.
What it does
Ruppell's parrot eats mainly seeds, flowers, leaves, arthropods, and bark. It has been found that during the rainy seasons they prefer to eat flowers and insects. Consistently they eat Terminalia pruniodies and occasionally they also eat fruit, preferring softer more tender ones.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19048.