Senegal Parrot basic information

At maturity, Senegal Parrots are usually eight to nine inches in length. They have bright yellow eyes. The heads and necks are generally dark gray to black, as are their wings. The breasts of Senegal Parrots are green, orange, and yellow and have a yellow V shaped pattern, which can extend down into the abdominal area. This is known as the vest. There are three subspecies of Senegal Parrots, P. s. senegalus, P. s. versteri, and P. s. Mesotypus, respectively, the nominate, red bellied, and orange bellied. These subspecies all differ in appearance as well as their natural habitat preferences. The nominate has a yellowish orange to yellow-green chest pattern, the mesotypus has a flat, burn orange colored chest pattern with yellow under the wings and paler green on the body, and the red bellied is yellow under the wings and has deep, reddish-orange on the front of the belly. The distribution of P.s.s is: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, P.s.m is: eastern and north east Nigeria, northern Cameroon and southwest Chad, and P.s.v is Ivory Coast and Ghana east to Western Nigeria.