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Great-billed Parrot

Tanygnathus megalorynchos (Boddaert, P 1783)

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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Psittaciformes
Family:
  Psittaculidae
Genus:
   Tanygnathus
Scientific:
  Tanygnathus megalorynchos


Original description

Citation:
  (Boddaert, P 1783)

Reference:
   Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
  Psittacus megalorynchos

Type locality:
  New Guinea, ex Daubenton, pi. 713.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/67/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9792A7D045611C90

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9792A7D0

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9792A7D0


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554862

Geographic range:

  • Tanygnathus megalorynchos megalorynchos: Sulawesi and adjacent islands to Moluccas and w Papuan is.
  • Tanygnathus megalorynchos affinis: S Moluccas (Buru, Seram, Ambon, Haruku and Seram Laut)
  • Tanygnathus megalorynchos sumbensis: Sumba (e Lesser Sundas)
  • Tanygnathus megalorynchos hellmayri: E Lesser Sundas (Rote, Semau and sw Timor)
  • Tanygnathus megalorynchos subaffinis: Babar and Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena and Larat)
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English:
Great-billed Parrot
Catalan:
Lloro becgròs ala-estriat
Czech:
papoušek velkozobý
Danish:
Grovnæbspapegøje
German:
Schwarzschulterpapagei
Spanish:
Loro Picogordo
Spanish (Spain):
Loro Picogordo
Finnish:
isonokkakaija
French:
Perruche à bec de sang
Croatian:
krupnokljuna papiga
Hungarian:
nagycsőrű papagáj
Italian:
Pappagallo beccogrosso
Japanese (romaji):
oohanainkomodoki
Japanese:
オオハナインコモドキ
Lithuanian:
Juodapetė didžiasnapė papūga
Dutch:
Dikbekpapegaai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grovnebbpapegøye
Norwegian:
Grovnebbpapegøye
Polish:
papuga wielkodzioba
Portuguese:
papagaio-de-bico-grande
Portuguese (Portugal):
papagaio-de-bico-grande
Russian:
Большеклювый попугай
Slovak:
ladniak veľkozobý
Serbian:
Crnorameni edel papagaj
Swedish:
stornäbbad papegoja
Ukrainian:
папужець-червонодзьоб чорноплечий
Chinese:
巨嘴鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional):
巨嘴鸚鵡


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Perruche à bec de sang ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Perruche à bec de sang ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tanygnathus megalorynchos [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tanygnathus megalorynchos [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tanygnathus megalorynchos [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tanygnathus megalorynchos [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tanygnathus megalorynchos [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Lloro becgròs ala-estriat
Czech: Papoušek cernoramenný, papoušek velkozobý
Danish: Grovnæbspapegøje
German: Schwarzschulterpapagei, Schwarzschulter-Papagei
English: Great billed Parrot, Great-billed Parrot, Island Parrot, Large-billed Parrot, Moluccan Parrot
English, HBW: Great-billed Parrot
English (IOC): Great-billed Parrot
English (United States): Great-billed Parrot
Spanish: Loro de Pico Grueso, Loro Picogordo, Loro Picogoro
Spanish (Spain): Loro Picogordo
Spanish (HBW): Great-billed Parrot
Estonian: maluku konkpapagoi
Finnish: Isonokkakaija
French: Perruche à bec de sang, Perruche à gros bec
Croatian: krupnokljuna papiga
Hungarian: nagycsőrű papagáj
Indonesian: Betet-kelapa paruh-besar, Betetkelapa Paruh-besar
Italian: Pappagallo beccogrosso
Japanese (romaji): oohanainkomodoki
Japanese: オオハナインコモドキ
Scientific: Psittacus macrorhynchus, Psittacus megalorynchos, Tanygnathus megalorhynchos, Tanygnathus megalorhynchus, Tanygnathus megalorynchos, Tanygnathus megalorynchos megalorynchos, Tanygnathus megalorynchus
Lithuanian: Juodapetė didžiasnapė papūga
Dutch: Dikbekpapegaai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grovnebbpapegøye
Norwegian: Grovnebbpapegøye, Grovnebbspapegøye
Polish: papuga wielkodzioba
Portuguese: papagaio-de-bico-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): papagaio-de-bico-grande, Papagaio-de-bico-largo
Russian: Большеклювый попугай, Черноплечий благородный попугай
Slovak: ladniak veľkozobý
Serbian: Crnorameni edel papagaj
Swedish: Stornäbbad papegoja
Turkish: Mercan gagalı papağan
Ukrainian: Папуга-червонодзьоб чорноплечий, папужець-червонодзьоб чорноплечий
Chinese: 巨嘴鹦鹉
Chinese (Traditional): 巨嘴鸚鵡

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