---
title: "Papagaio-de-meyer"
description: "Poicephalus meyeri — Aves. Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri), also known as the brown parrot, is a species of parrot native to Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/meyer-s-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papagaio-de-meyer

> Poicephalus meyeri — Aves. Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri), also known as the brown parrot, is a species of parrot native to Africa.

- Scientific name: *Poicephalus meyeri*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 986
- Wikidata: [Q1048800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048800)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19055](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19055)

## Names

- en: Meyer's Parrot
- de: Goldbugpapagei
- es: Lorito de Meyer
- fr: Perroquet de Meyer
- nl: Meyers papegaai
- pt: Papagaio-de-meyer
- pl: Afrykanka złotoplama

## Countries with the most observations

BW (205), TZ (141), KE (133), UG (102), NA (81), ZW (79), ZM (69), ZA (60), RW (17), MW (13), CD (5), CF (5)

## Summary

Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri), also known as the brown parrot, is a species of parrot native to Africa. A Meyer's parrot has black feathers, turquoise belly, 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 to the head and wings, and the intensity of turquoise markings on the belly and rump.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer%27s_parrot

## Photo

![Papagaio-de-meyer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meyer-s-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68224392

## Machine access

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