Great-billed Parrot

Tanygnathus megalorynchos

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicFruitForestCavity nestLarge · 325 g

When to see the Great-billed Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Great-billed Parrot

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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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