The Brown-headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a mostly green Africa

Africa

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Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

 with a greyish-brown head and yellow under its wings. The adult birds have yellow irises and juvenile birds have brown irises.

The yellow under its wings explains its name cryptoxanthus, which means "hidden yellow";
from Greek

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xanthos or ξανθος means "yellow", and
"crypto", from the Greek kryptos, is an English prefix that means "hidden" or "secret".

Taxonomy

Up to three subspecies are sometimes recognised:

• Poicephalus c. cryptoxanthus — e South Africa to s Mozambique
• Poicephalus c. tanganyikae — Mozambique to Kenya
• Poicephalus c. zanzibaricus — Zanzibar and Pemba islands

The differences are however slight and White (1965) considers the species monotypic.

Aviculture

The Brown-headed Parrot are popular in aviculture. They have a very sweet temperament and tend to be a quieter bird. All parrots make some noise, but they tend to be quiet enough to make a good apartment bird.