The Senegal parrot is a parrot which is a resident breeder across a wide range of west Africa. It makes migrations within west Africa, according to the availability of the fruit, seeds and blossoms which make up its diet. It is considered a farm pest in Africa, often feeding on maize or millet. It is popular in aviculture. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Psittacus Senegalus
Type locality:
Senegal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/153/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
D7F9C6B5A4455F7A
Avibase ID:
avibase-D7F9C6B5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D7F9C6B5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177618
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Perroquet youyou ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Perroquet youyou ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2024: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Poicephalus senegalus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Poicephalus senegalus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Poicephalus senegalus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Senegal Parrot ( Poicephalus senegalus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Poicephalus senegalus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Poicephalus senegalus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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