FEATURE
African lion and parrot habitat in south-east Angola
population size and major threats to lions in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA). Established 2011, KAZA is an area of about 519,000 km2 spanning five southern African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The vision of KAZA is to establish a world-class transfrontier conservation and tourism destination area. LPF’s partners in the KAZA lion project are Futouris, the environmental association
of tour operators based in Germany, and Panthera, the world’s leading organisation for the conservation of cat species. Within the boundaries of KAZA four
native species of parrots can be found alongside the lions. The most widespread and common is Meyer’s Parrot
(Poicephalus meyeri), occurring throughout Zambia, most of Zimbabwe, central and south-east Angola, north-east Namibia, and north and east Botswana. The subspecies in KAZA is transvaalensis although damarensis might just tip-toe into KAZA across its far western border in Angola. Meyer´s Parrot inhabits savannah woodland, riverine forest, secondary growth around cultivation, and dry Acacia shrub-lands with taller trees, especially baobabs, feeding on fruits, nuts and seeds, the latter often very hard-shelled. In parts of Zambia it has the reputation of crop raider. Another species of Poicephalus is also widespread in KAZA, the Brown-necked Parrot (P. fuscicollis suahelicus) which, although common in some areas, in general is much scarcer
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