Greater Vasa Parrot

The Greater Vasa Parrot ''Coracopsis vasa'' is one of two species of vasa parrot, the other being the Lesser Vasa Parrot ''C. nigra''. The Greater vasa parrot can be found throughout Madagascar and the Comoros. In Madagascar it is more common in portions of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests, compared with the Lesser Vasa Parrot which is more common in the humid forests of the east coast. The Greater Vasa Parrot has a very unusual breeding biology and mating system. Females are 25% larger than.. more