thick-billed parrot
rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha latin

The bird is one of about 300 thick-billed parrots in captivity.

C1 Effort to reintroduce the thick-billed parrot fails in Arizona.

The thick-billed parrot is an emerald green with scarlet shoulder patches and a red nose.

In their native habitat, thick-billed parrots are loud and gregarious creatures.

The thick-billed parrots are members of the parrot genus Rhynchopsitta.

In one typical release, a female thick-billed parrot quickly located a wild flock and took up a perch about 33 yards away.

To improve the birds' chances, the biologists created what amounted to training sessions in how to behave like a thick-billed parrot.

For the genus of parrots, see thick-billed parrot (note capitalisation)

The Thick-billed Parrot likes to nest in tree cavities, especially old woodpecker holes.

Masked bobwhite quails and thick-billed parrots live here.

Arizona is reintroducing thick-billed parrots, which became extinct in the state in 1918 after being hunted for their meat.

Rhynchopsitta - thick-billed parrots (2 species)

For the species, see Thick-billed Parrot (note capitalisation)

It also coordinates breeding programs for some endangered species: tamarin monkeys, Wyoming toads, thick-billed parrots and red pandas.

"But with the addition of the thick-billed parrot and the pudu, it's refocusing into a zoo that's North and South American."

The thick-billed parrot, which is rather tame and not a prolific talker, is one of only two parrot species native to the United States.

A robust thick-billed parrot can easily outfly goshawks and red-tailed hawks, its main predators, and sometimes even a peregrine falcon.

The range of the Thick-billed Parrot formerly extended into the southwestern United States; attempts at reintroduction have been unsuccessful so far.

Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Thick-billed Parrot)

ARKive - images and movies of the Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

The Thick-billed Parrot nests in tree cavities, while the Maroon-fronted Parrot is a cliff cavity breeder.

Other species displayed include Aplomado Falcons, Thick-billed Parrots, prairie dogs, black footed ferrets, magpies, and desert tortoises.

The Mexican Thick-billed Parrot also used to range into Arizona before its population declined in the 20th century; attempts to reintroduce them have, until now, not met with any lasting success.

The Thick-billed Parrot is classified as endangered and the Maroon-fronted Parrot as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha is an endangered, medium-sized, up to 38 cm long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs.

ARKive - images and movies of the Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

Parrots (Arini: Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, -Conuropsis carolinensis)

The Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha is an endangered, medium-sized, up to 38 cm long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs.