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The thick-billed parrot is a medium-sized, bright green parrot with a large black bill and red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. Adult eyes are amber, while juveniles have brown eyes. Adult eyes are amber, while juveniles have brown eyes.
The thick-billed parrots are stocky brilliant green Neotropical parrots with heavy black beaks of genus Rhynchopsitta of thick billed macaw-like parrots. The genus comprises two extant species, the thick-billed parrot and the maroon-fronted parrot, as well as an extinct species from the Late Pleistocene in Mexico.
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi is an extinct species of thick-billed parrot. It was described in 1997 from Late Pleistocene cave deposits from Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan Robert Phillips. [1]
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Thick-billed parrot: Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha: 3000 – 6000 [51] EN [51] [51] Population may be overestimated. [51] Ouvea parakeet: Eunymphicus uvaeensis: 3100 – 3200 [52] EN [52] [52] Maroon-fronted parrot: Rhynchopsitta terrisi: 3500 [53] EN [53] [53] Black-cheeked lovebird: Agapornis nigrigenis: 3500 – 15 000 [54] VU [54] [54] Black ...
Genus Rhynchopsitta (thick-billed parrots) Bonaparte, 1854 – two species Common name Scientific name ... Green-thighed parrot: P. leucogaster (Kuhl, 1820) e EN:
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World.
Keel-billed motmot; Turquoise-browed motmot; Hoffmann's woodpecker; White-fronted parrot; Orange-fronted parakeet; The following extinct species were formerly endemic: G Atitlan grebe (last reported 1986) Guadalupe storm-petrel; M Imperial woodpecker; M Guadalupe caracara (last reported 1990) M Slender-billed Grackle