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Species
Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thick-billed parrot
- Mass
- 325
- Image
- Thick-billed Parrot 054.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
- Commons category
- Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
- Commons gallery
- Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
- taxon common name
- papagaio-de-testa-vermelha
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- R. pachyrhyncha
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Encyclopedic overview
The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that formerly ranged into the southwestern United States. Its position in parrot phylogeny is the subject of ongoing discussion; it is sometimes referred to as thick-billed macaw or thick-billed conure. In Mexico, it is locally called guacamaya ("macaw") or cotorra serrana ("mountain parrot"). Classified internationally as Endangered through IUCN, the thick-billed parrot's decline has been central to multiple controversies over wildlife management. In 2018, the estimated wild population in Mexico was 1,700.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thick-billed Parrot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.