Each year BirdLife South Africa announces a Bird of the Year, an initiative used by the organisation to highlight and raise awareness about that year’s species. This year the Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) was announced as Bird of the Year, as a way to raise its profile and share the conservation concern about this Endangered species.
The Cape Parrot (also known as isikhwenene, upholi, Hokwe, Dikgwapa, or Woudpapegaai) is endemic to