Tanygnathus
The Tanygnathus (Wagler, 1832) genus includes four species and several subspecies native to Southeast Asia and Melanesia.
These medium sized (31 - 40 cm) parrots are characterised by a very large bill and large head.
Tanygnathus gramineus
Black-lored Parrot
Tanygnathus lucionensis
Blue-naped Parrot
Tanygnathus megalorynchos
Great-billed Parrot
Tanygnathus sumatranus
Blue-backed Parrot
Species & Subspecies
- Tanygnathus gramineus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) - Black-lored Parrot
- Tanygnathus lucionensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Blue-naped Parrot
- Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Tanygnathus lucionensis hybridus (Salomonsen, 1952)
- Tanygnathus lucionensis salvadorii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1896)
- Tanygnathus lucionensis talautensis (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895)
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783) - Great-billed Parrot
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos megalorynchos (Boddaert, 1783)
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos affinis (Wallace, 1863)
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos hellmayri (Mayr, 1944)
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos subaffinis (Sclater, PL, 1883)
- Tanygnathus megalorynchos sumbensis (Meyer, AB, 1882)
- Tanygnathus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) - Blue-backed Parrot
- Tanygnathus sumatranus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822)
- Tanygnathus sumatranus burbidgii (Sharpe, 1879)
- Tanygnathus sumatranus duponti (Parkes, 1971)
- Tanygnathus sumatranus everetti (Tweeddale, 1877)
- Tanygnathus sumatranus freeri (McGregor, 1910)