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The Meyer's parrot (''Poicephalus meyeri'') is a small (about 21 cm, 90-130g), stocky African parrot. Meyer's parrots display a dull brown head, back and tail, green or blue-green abdomen, blue rump and bright yellow markings on the carpal joint of the wings. Most subspecies have some yellow on the top of the head as well. Forshaw (1989) recognizes six subspecies of ''P. meyeri'' which vary in home range, size and in markings, including the extent of yellow markings on the head and wings and intensity of turquoise markings on the abdomen and rump. The name commemorates the German ornithologist Bernhard Meyer. ==Taxonomy== The six subspecies are: *''P. m. meyeri'' (Cretzschmar, 1827) — s Chad to w Ethiopia *''P. m. saturatus'' (Sharpe, 1901) — Uganda and w Kenya to w Tanzania *''P. m. matschiei'' (Neumann, 1898) — c Tanzania, se Congo, Zambia and n Malawi *''P. m. reichenowi'' (Neumann, 1898) — c Angola to s Congo *''P. m. damarensis'' (Neumann, 1898) — n Namibia, s Angola and nw Botswana *''P. m. transvaalensis'' (Neumann, 1899) — Botswana, Zimbabwe and n South Africa The aces ''P. m. damarensis'' and ''P. m. reichenowi'' lack yellow markings on the head and ''P. m. transvaalensis'' may have little or not yellow on head. Belly and rump colours vary according to race from turquoise or blue to green. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meyer's parrot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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