---
title: "Papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha"
description: "Poicephalus cryptoxanthus — Aves. The brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a south-eastern African parrot."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brown-headed-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha

> Poicephalus cryptoxanthus — Aves. The brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a south-eastern African parrot.

- Scientific name: *Poicephalus cryptoxanthus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 764
- Wikidata: [Q790664](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790664)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19050](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19050)

## Names

- en: Brown-headed Parrot
- de: Braunkopfpapagei
- es: Loro de cabeza marrón
- fr: Perroquet à tête brune
- nl: Bruinkoppapegaai
- pt: Papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha
- pl: Afrykanka brunatnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (605), MW (40), TZ (30), MZ (19), KE (14), ZW (10), SZ (3)

## Summary

The brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) is a south-eastern African parrot.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-headed_parrot

## Photo

![Papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-headed-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66832723

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-headed-parrot?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).