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Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus]
Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus] (= Poicephalus fuscicollis) (Kuhl, H 1820)
The brown-necked parrot, sometimes known in aviculture as the uncape parrot, is a large Poicephalus parrot species endemic to Africa consisting of the savanna-dwelling brown-necked parrot and grey-headed parrot subspecies. It formerly included the Cape parrot as a subspecies before the Cape parrot was re-classified as a distinct species. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:
Psittacidae
Genus:
Poicephalus
Scientific:
Poicephalus fuscicollis
Original description
Citation:
(Kuhl, H 1820)
Reference:
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle
10 p.93
Protonym:
Psittacus fuscicollis
Type locality:
No locality = Gambia.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113912#page/161/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0EB10DB3FFAC0449
Avibase ID:
avibase-0EB10DB3
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0EB10DB3
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 714438
Geographic range:
- Poicephalus fuscicollis suahelicus: central Angola; southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania southward to Zimbabwe, northern Mozambique, and far northeastern South Africa; populations along the lower Congo River may be intermediate between Brown-necked Parrot (Brown-necked) Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis and Brown-necked Parrot (Gray-headed) Poicephalus robustus suahelicus
- Poicephalus fuscicollis: disjunctly in lowland to montane riparian forest, miombo and mopane woodland, and wooded areas with baobabs or Borassus palms, from Senegambia eastward to east-central Nigeria, and southward to northwestern Angola and lower River Congo, and from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda, and eastern Tanzania southward to southern Angola, northern Namibia and northeastern South Africa; post-breeding wandering
- Poicephalus fuscicollis fuscicollis: Senegambia to Nigeria; populations along the lower Congo River may be intermediate between Brown-necked Parrot (Brown-necked) Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis and Brown-necked Parrot (Gray-headed) Poicephalus robustus suahelicus
Source: Clements checklist
Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus]
French:
Perroquet à cou brun [incl. suahelicus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus) ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus) ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus) ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus) ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus) ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus] ( Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus]) |
| Avilist 2025: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2021: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2022: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2023: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2024: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2025: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.53: Brown-necked Parrot (Brown-necked) ( Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis/suahelicus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.54: Brown-necked Parrot (Brown-necked) ( Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis/suahelicus) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2024: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2025: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Brown-necked Parrot ( Poicephalus fuscicollis) [version 2] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Poicephalus fuscicollis [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Poicephalus [robustus or fuscicollis]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Savannepapegaai
Bulgarian: Кафявоврат папагал
Catalan: lloro becbrú
Czech: papoušek šedohlavý
Danish: Brunnakket Papegøje
German: Graukopfpapage, Graukopfpapagei
English: Brown-necked Parrot, Brown-necked Parrot (Brown-necked), Brown-necked Parrot (incl. ssp. suahelicus), Brown-necked Parrot [incl. suahelicus]
English (Avilist): Brown-necked Parrot
English, HBW: Brown-necked Parrot
English (IOC): Brown-necked Parrot
English (United States): Brown-necked Parrot
English (South Africa): Grey-headed Parrot
Esperanto: Brunakola papago, brunkola papago
Spanish: Lorito Robusto
Spanish (Spain): Lorito robusto
Spanish (HBW): Brown-necked Parrot
French: Perroquet à cou brun, Perroquet à cou brun [incl. suahelicus]
French (Guyane): Perroquet à cou brun
Croatian: smeđovrata papiga
Italian: Pappagallo collobruno
Japanese: ハネナガインコ
Scientific: Poicephalus fuscicollis, Poicephalus fuscicollis [incl. suahelicus], Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis, Poicephalus robustus fuscicollis/suahelicus, Psittacus fuscicollis
Dutch: Bruinnekpapegaai, Kaapse Papegaai
Norwegian: gladiatorpapegøye
Polish: afrykanka brązowogłowa
Portuguese: papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha
Portuguese (Angola): Papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-de-pescoço-castanho
Russian: Сероголовый коричневошеий попугай, Сероголовый попугай
Slovak: papagáj hnedokrký
Serbian: Kapski papagaj
Swedish: beigehuvad papegoja, Brunnackad papegoja
Turkish: Boz enseli papağan
Ukrainian: папуга-довгокрил бурошиїй
Chinese: 瑞氏灰头鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 好望角灰頸鸚鵡, 好望角黑頸鸚鵡
Zulu: isikhwenenesikhandampunga
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