Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicFruitForestCavity nestLarge · 325 g
About the Great-billed Parrot
The great-billed parrot 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.
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Where it lives
Regular range
When to see it
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Peak activity in October · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Azure-rumped ParrotTanygnathus sumatranusIt is of medium size (32 cm), primarily green with yellowish edging to the wings, a blue rump, and blue wing bends.
Blue-naped ParrotTanygnathus lucionensisThis is a medium size parrot, around 31 cm (12 in) in length, primarily green except for a light blue rear crown and nape, pale blue lower back and rump, scalloped shoulders with orange-brown on black coverts, and blackish underwings with green underwing coverts.
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