African grey parrot  (Psittacus erithacus)

Range

The species has a wide distribution across tropical Africa, from Guinea-Bissau east to Kenya and Tanzania, and south to Angola (2), including populations on the islands of Príncipe and São Tomé (3). P. e. timneh is restricted to the western part of this range, from Guinea to Ivory Coast, with isolated populations in Guinea-Bissau and southern Mali (3) (6).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Lowland moist forest, both primary and secondary; also observed at forest edges and clearings, and sometimes mangrove forest, gallery forest, savanna woodland and in cultivated areas. The African grey parrot is often found in areas of oil-palms (Elaeis guineensis), on which it likes to feed, and commonly roosts in raphia palms overhanging watercourses, or on offshore islands (2) (3).

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