Parrots (Psittacidae)
Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) - HBW 4, p. 392
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 Enlarge map
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An adult perched over the nest hole, then its mate leaving the nest and both flying away Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 2003 5 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
A bird on a trunk, preening its tail Locality Potawangka, Flores, Lesser Sundas (ssp megalorynchos)
Stefan Behrens 2003 5 years ago 57 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, calling Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 2003 5 years ago 52 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a hole in tree and flying away, then returning inside Locality Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp sumbensis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 1999 7 years ago 30 sec 2.9 -
A bird in a distant tree, where it was feeding, flying away and calling. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi (ssp megalorynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 2.2 -
A bird in a distant tree, preening. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi (ssp megalorynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 2
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A bird in flight.
Locality Sumba, Lesser Sundas (ssp sumbensis)
James Eaton 1 August 2011 46 weeks ago 4.2 -
A perched bird.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp subaffinis)
mehdhalaouate 23 August 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A distant bird perched on an exposed branch.
Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp megalorynchos)
David Beadle 18 October 2011 1 year ago 2.7
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Calls by several birds perched in trees and flying over. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi
(ssp megalorynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 1 year ago 3
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