Great-billed Parrot
Tanygnathus megalorynchos(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Great-billed Parrot
The Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great-billed Parrot
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos megalorynchos
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos affinis
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos sumbensis
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos hellmayri
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos subaffinis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus megalorynchos
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- New Guinea, ex Daubenton, pi. 713.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.45
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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