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Identify meyers subspecies

Zimbabwe12

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Hi all,

Is someone here able to identify the subspecies of my meyers parrot ?
I am trying to find out from which african country my parrot comes from.
 

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This older post may help

Here are the distinguishing features from Avian Web:

The subspecies are:
Yellow Markings:

Meyer's Parrots or Brown Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri meyeri (Cretzschmar, 1827) - Nominate species

  • Range: South Chad to West Ethiopia
  • Id: Yellow on the head with a turquoise-bluish belly
Uganda Yellow-shouldered Parrots aka Kenya Meyer, Meyer's Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri saturatus (Sharpe, 1901)

  • Range: Uganda and West Kenya to West Tanzania
  • Id: Yellow on the head with a green belly
South African Brown Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri trasvaalensis (Neumann, 1899)

  • Range: Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa
  • Id: Yellow on the head with a greenish belly
East African Brown Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri matschiei (Neumann, 1898)

  • Range: Central Tanzania, South-east Congo, Zambia and North Malaw
  • Id: Yellow on the head and a bright blue belly

No Yellow Markings on Head:
The western races P. m. damarensis and P. m. reichenowi lack yellow markings on the head.

Damaraland Brown Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri damarensis (Neumann, 1898)

  • Range: North Namibia, South Angola and northwestern Botswana
  • Id: No yellow on the head and a turquoise belly
Angola Brown Parrots - Poicephalus meyeri reichenowi (Neumann, 1898)

  • Range: Central Angola to South Congo
  • Id: No yellow on the head and a turquoise belly
 

Zimbabwe12

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So mine must be probably one of the western races because he has no yellow on his head(there is a small yellow spot but barely visible)
 

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So mine must be probably one of the western races because he has no yellow on his head(there is a small yellow spot but barely visible)
If he is young he normally don't have that much yellow on his head.
After every molt their head getting more and more yellow.
 
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