Rhynchopsitta

Thick-billed parrot
Adult thick-billed parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha at Cincinnati Zoo, US
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Tribe:	Arini
Genus:	Rhynchopsitta Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha[1] Swainson, 1827
Species
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Swainson, 1827) Rhynchopsitta terrisi Moore, RT, 1947 †Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Rea, 1997

The thick-billed parrots are stocky brilliant green Neotropical parrots with heavy black beaks of genus Rhynchopsitta of thick billed macaw-like parrots. The genus comprises two extant species, the thick-billed parrot and the maroon-fronted parrot, as well as an extinct species from the Late Pleistocene in Mexico. The two extant taxa were formerly considered conspecific; they have become rare and are restricted to a few small areas in northern Mexico. The range of the thick-billed parrot formerly extended into the southwestern United States; attempts at reintroduction have been unsuccessful so far.