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
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 ID:
9792A7D045611C90
Avibase ID:
avibase-9792A7D0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9792A7D0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554862
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) [version 1] |
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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: Great-billed Parrot ( Tanygnathus megalorynchos) [version 1] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Species status: full species
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