by Pajarita » Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:42 am
Yes, it's a male Red Bellied Parrot and he is, at least, 2 years old but, going by his mask, I would assume older. The scientific name is Poicephalus rufiventris. The Poicephalus been the genus which they share with the senegals (Poicephalus senegalus) and the rufiventris been the actual species. Poicephalus means 'made of head' and they are called that because they all have a large head in comparison to the body, rufiventris is a combination of two Latin words: rufus = red and venter = belly