Lesser Vasa Parrot in Spiny Forest, Madagascar

The Lesser Vasa Parrot or Black Parrot "Coracopsis nigra" is a black coloured parrot native to Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. It is one of two species of vasa parrots, the other being the Greater Vasa Parrot "C. vasa"; although, the subspecies "C. n. barklyi", of the Seychelles, is sometimes split as a third species, the Seychelles Black Parrot.

The Lesser Vasa Parrot was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th century work, "Systema Naturae";.. more