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Thick-billed Parrot
Also Known As: Thick-billed Macawlet
A pair of Thick-billed Parrots interact while perched.
Credit: (c) Javier Cruz
Species Profile
Genus:Rhynchopsitta
Species:
pachyrhyncha
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 38cm (14.8 in) | 300g (10.5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults vivid green in colour; with yellow on cheeks and ear coverts; red forehead, forecrown and stripe over eye, as well as bend of wing, carpal edge and thighs; yellow greater underwing coverts. Bill black. Eye ring bare and brown/yellow. Eye orange/yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with horn coloured bill; stripe over eye absent; green instead of red on bend of wing and carpal edge; minimal red on thighs.
Call: Different sceeches, screams, shrieks and squawks. Similar to macaw but high-pitched.
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Content Sources:
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1584&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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