Parrots

Senegal Parrot

Poicephalus senegalus

The Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) is a 147 g woodland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Parrots

Order

Psittaciformes

Weight

147 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

23

Recorded in Gambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, Spain, Netherlands, Mali, Cameroon, France, Israel, Guinea, Togo, Niger, Greece, ZZ, South Africa, Belgium, United States.

Where to see it: National Park Bamako (Mali); Coagri, Quinhamel (Guinea-Bissau); Shai Hills Resource Reserve (Ghana); Mali NP (Mali); Gonse (Burkina Faso).

Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist