About the Yellow-fronted Parrot
The yellow-fronted parrot is a parrot endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands. It is a mostly green with a yellow head. Relatively little is known about this bird.
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The yellow-fronted parrot is about 28 centimetres (11 in) long and is mostly green with the upper parts being a darker green, the tail being olive-brown, and the legs a dark grey-brown. The face is orange-yellow. When two subspecies are recognized, the nominate is believed to have yellow to its head and face, while in P. f. aurantiiceps some of the yellow is replaced with orange. The upper beak is brownish-grey and the lower beak is bone coloured, the irises are orange-red, and bare eye-rings and cere are grey. Male and female adults have identical external appearance.
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Where the Yellow-fronted Parrot lives
When to see the Yellow-fronted Parrot
Peak activity in November · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rüppell's ParrotPoicephalus rueppelliiRüppell's parrot is 22–25 cm (8.7–9.8 in) long and weighs 121–156 g (4.3–5.5 oz).
Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmiThe red-fronted parrot is 28 cm (11 in) long.
Red-bellied ParrotPoicephalus rufiventrisThe red-bellied parrot is a small parrot about 23 cm (9 in) long and weights 140 g (5 oz).
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