Great-billed parrot
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Tanygnathus |
| Species: | T. megalorynchos |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanygnathus megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783) | |
The great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) also known as Moluccan parrot or island parrot, is a medium-sized, approximately 38 cm long, green parrot with a massive red bill, cream iris, blackish shoulders, olive green back, pale blue rump and yellowish green underparts. The female is typically smaller than the male, but otherwise the sexes are similar.
The great-billed parrot is found in forest, woodland and mangrove in the south-east Asian islands of Maluku, Raja Ampat, Talaud, Sangir, Sarangani, the Lesser Sundas, and nearby small islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits.
It remains widespread and locally fairly common, and consequently has been rated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are normally recognized.
- T. m. megalorhynchus (Boddaert 1783)
- T. m. affinis (Wallace 1863)
- T. m. sumbensis (A. B. Meyer 1882)
- T. m. hellmayri (Mayr 1944)
- T. m. subaffinis (P. L. Sclater 1883)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tanygnathus megalorynchos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Oriental Bird Images: Great-billed parrot Selected photos