Parrots (Psittacidae)
Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) - HBW 4, p. 426
French: Conure à gros bec
German: Kiefernsittich
Spanish: Cotorra Serrana Occidental
Other common names: Macawlet
Taxonomy: Macrocercus pachyrhynchus Swainson, 1827, tableland of Mexico.
Very close to R. terrisi but the two are probably best considered to form a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico, formerly wandering into southernmost USA, where perhaps was present for years at a time.
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A bird feeding on unripe conifers Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 46 sec 4.9 -
Two birds feeding on unripe conifers Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 40 sec 4.8 -
A pair allopreening Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 50 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding its mate Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 33 sec 4.7 -
A bird chewing on old growth snag Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.6 -
A bird flying off in slow motion Locality Mesa de las Guacamayas, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 4 sec 4.6
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A bird perched.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 3.5 -
Several birds perched and resting close to each other
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nicole Bouglouan 3 January 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
Captive birds at the Museum for possible reintroduction into SE Arizona.
Locality Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Miriam Bauman 8 May 2009 2 years ago 2.8
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Calls from two birds. Locality Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (United States)
pcx 17 March 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Calls Locality Bisaloachi, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern)
(Monotypic species)
monicayhector 10 September 1998 3 years ago 3
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