Great-billed Parrot
Tanygnathus megalorynchos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPsittaciformes (Parrots)
- FamilyPsittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
- GenusTanygnathus (Large-billed Parrots)
- SpeciesTanygnathus megalorynchos (Great-billed Parrot)
About the Great-billed Parrot
The great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) also known as Moluccan parrot or island parrot, is a medium-sized, approximately 38 cm long, green parrot with a massive red bill, cream iris, blackish shoulders, olive green back, pale blue rump and yellowish green underparts. The female is typically smaller than the male, but otherwise the sexes are similar.
The great-billed parrot is found in forest, woodland and mangrove in the south-east Asian islands of Maluku, Raja Ampat, Talaud, Sangir, Sarangani, the Lesser Sundas, and nearby small islands. The diet consists mainly of fruits.
It remains widespread and locally fairly common, and consequently has been rated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The great-billed parrot was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in New Guinea. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat
Red-sided Eclectus
Eclectus roratus
Red-cheeked Parrot
Geoffroyus geoffroyi
Palm Cockatoo
Probosciger aterrimus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Black-capped Lory
Lorius lory
Coconut Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
Yellow-capped Pygmy-Parrot
Micropsitta keiensis
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Cyclopsitta diophthalma
Moluccan King-Parrot
Alisterus amboinensis
Chattering Lory
Lorius garrulus
Salmon-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua moluccensis
Black Lory
Chalcopsitta atra
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great-billed Parrot in Raja Ampat?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Great-billed Parrot sighting in Raja Ampat, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Great-billed Parrot in Raja Ampat?
October has the highest sighting rate for Great-billed Parrot in Raja Ampat in our monthly data.