Status: IUCN Least Concern / CITES Appendix II
Population: Unknown, declining.
Range: N Namibia and S Angola.
Natural history: Rüppell’s Parrots are found in woodlands along dried riverbeds, dry woodlands, dry steppe and thornveld, areas with tall trees, up to 1250 m (4100 ft). Birds eat various parts of plants – buds, shoots, nectar, flowers, seeds, pods, fruit; also melon and insect larvae. They generally stay near water in small flocks of up to 20 birds and are seen in greater numbers where food is plentiful. Breeding may be more linked to rainfall than season.