Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos)
French: Perruche à bec de sang
German: Schwarzschulterpapagei
Spanish: Loro Picogordo
Other common names: Large-billed/Moluccan/Island Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus megalorynchos Boddaert, 1783, New Guinea (= West Papuan Islands?).
May form a superspecies with T. lucionensis. Nominate race shows much variation, some apparently clinal; now considered to include proposed races viridipennis, djampeae, floris, obiensis, batchianensis, fuliginosus and insularum. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783) - Talaud, Sangihe and islands off N, E & S Sulawesi S to Flores (Lesser Sundas) and E through N & C Moluccas to W Papuan Is and other islands off W Irian Jaya; present also on Balut and Sarangani off Mindanao (SE Philippines), where possibly introduced; specimens from N Sulawesi may have been wanderers or introductions, while sight records remain open to question.
- affinis Wallace, 1863 - S Moluccas.
- sumbensis A. B. Meyer, 1881 - Sumba.
- megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783) - Talaud, Sangihe and islands off N, E & S Sulawesi S to Flores (Lesser Sundas) and E through N & C Moluccas to W Papuan Is and other islands off W Irian Jaya; present also on Balut and Sarangani off Mindanao (SE Philippines), where possibly introduced; specimens from N Sulawesi may have been wanderers or introductions, while sight records remain open to question.
- affinis Wallace, 1863 - S Moluccas.
- sumbensis A. B. Meyer, 1881 - Sumba.
- hellmayri Mayr, 1944 - W Timor and Semao I.
- subaffinis P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Tanimbar Is.
- Least Concern
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An adult perched over the nest hole, then its mate leaving the nest and both flying away Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 2003 2 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
A bird in a tree, calling Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 2003 2 years ago 52 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a trunk, preening its tail Potawanka, Flores, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) (ssp megalorynchos)
Stefan Behrens 2003 2 years ago 57 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a hole in tree and flying away, then returning inside Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 1999 4 years ago 30 sec 3.8
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A perched bird. Tanimbar Islands, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp subaffinis)
mehdhalaouate 23 August 2006 6 weeks ago 3
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