Thick-billed Parrot

From SongbirdReMixWiki

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
m (Protected "Thick-billed Parrot" [edit=sysop:move=sysop])
[[image: thick-billedparrot.jpg ]]
[[image: thick-billedparrot.jpg ]]
-
'''Common Name:''' Thick-billed Parrot
+
'''Common Name:''' Thick-billed Parrot<br>
-
 
+
'''Scientific Name:''' Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
'''Scientific Name:''' Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
'''Habitat:''' North America. Once found in the high elevation pine forests of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is now only found in highland forests, pine forests and foothills of northern and central Mexico.
'''Habitat:''' North America. Once found in the high elevation pine forests of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is now only found in highland forests, pine forests and foothills of northern and central Mexico.
-
'''Status:''' Endangered. Habitat loss from the timber and mining industries, as well as poaching for the pet trade in the 20th century have brought this parrot close to extinction.
+
'''Status:''' Endangered. '''Global Population:''' 2,000 - 2,800 mature individuals and decreasing. Habitat loss from the timber and mining industries, as well as poaching for the pet trade in the 20th century have brought this parrot close to extinction.
'''Diet:''' Mostly Pine Nuts; acorns, juniper berries, agave flower nectar, cherry fruits and insects. Occasionally tree bark.
'''Diet:''' Mostly Pine Nuts; acorns, juniper berries, agave flower nectar, cherry fruits and insects. Occasionally tree bark.

Revision as of 20:05, 8 June 2012

Personal tools