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Thick-billed Parrot

Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha

Classification

Class
Aves

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").

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 102United States of America · 1