Congo parrot

Congo parrot

The Congo parrot(Poicephalus gulielmi) is a species of long-winged parrot. This parrot has a size of approx. 29 cm. The colouring is dark green, with the forehead, wing edge and lower legs coloured orange. The beak is whitish to horn-coloured. There are no external differences between hens and cocks. Young birds do not have orange-coloured markings until they reach sexual maturity.

Their distribution area is in the Congo, Tanzania, Ghana, Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Here the Congo parrots live exclusively in wooded areas, mostly in damp and impenetrable mountain forests.
These forests are often at altitudes of 1800 to 3200 metres, only in the distribution area on the Ivory Coast do they prefer lower tropical forests at 700 metres above sea level.

Congo parrots live together in the wild in families or groups of up to 10 birds. They are sedentary, but travel distances of up to 60 kilometres in search of food

They feed on seeds, nuts, fruit and berries. The birds' breeding season is linked to the rainy season, i.e. from November to March. The birds' breeding cavity is located as high as possible above the ground at a height of around 6 to 12 metres. The Congo parrot females lay 2 to 4 eggs every 3 days. The incubation period is around 28 days.