Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos)

Other Names (World)
Great-billed Parrot, Large-billed Parrot, Moluccan Parrot, Island Parrot

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Unknown to Philippines (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 110,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [XC69578]
by Frank Lambert from , Indonesia (call)

Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [XC122058]
by Mike Nelson from , Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Blue-naped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis). Nominate subspecies shows much variation, some apparently clinal. Now considered to include proposed subspecies viridipennis, djampeae, floris, obiensis, batchianensis, fuliginosus and insularum.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783) - Talaud, Sangihe and islands off north, eastern and southern Sulawesi south to Flores (Lesser Sundas) and east through northern and central Moluccas to western Papuan Is and other islands off western Irian Jaya; present also on Balut and Sarangani off Mindanao (south-eastern Philippines), where possibly introduced; specimens from northern Sulawesi may have been wanderers or introductions, while sight records remain open to question.
affinis Wallace, 1863 - Southern Moluccas.
sumbensis Meyer, AB, 1882 - Sumba.
hellmayri Mayr, 1944 - Western Timor and Semao I.
subaffinis Sclater, PL, 1883 - Tanimbar Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) - 10 files

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