Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Poicephalus > Poicephalus cryptoxanthusPoicephalus cryptoxanthus (Brown-headed Parrot)The brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a south-eastern African parrot. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.5487 EDGE Score: 1.87927 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 140 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 8.3 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 60 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [5] | 2 | | Incubation [4] | 28 days | | Mating Display [2] | Ground display | | Maximum Longevity [6] | 32 years | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 9 inches (22 cm) |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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East African mangroves |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Mangroves |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Maputaland coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian coastal flooded savanna |
Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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| Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Arabuko-Sokoke Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dakatcha Woodland |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dzombo Hill Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Handeni District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves |
Swaziland |
A2, A3 |
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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Itala Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kaya Gandini |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Kilwa District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Kisarawe District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kruger National Park and adjacent areas |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lake St Lucia and Mkuze swamps |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lengwe National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Limpopo: Mwenezi flood-plain and pans |
Zimbabwe |
A2, A3 |
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Lindi District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Liwonde National Park |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Mafia Island |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Maputo Special Reserve |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marenji Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mikumi National Park |
Tanzania |
A3 |
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Mkuzi Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Mnazi Bay |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Mtwara District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Muheza District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ndumo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Newala District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pangani District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pemba Island |
Tanzania |
A1, A2 |
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Rufiji Delta |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Rufiji District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Save: Runde junction |
Zimbabwe |
A2, A3 |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Shimba Hills |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Songimvelo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 6de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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