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The Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a bird found in Mexico and United States. Found in Mexico and the United States. It eats seeds and nuts and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Thick-billed Parrot lives

Found in Mexico and the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts80%
• 🍎 Fruit20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Thick-billed Parrot

Recorded by Richard E. Webster (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC337734. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Thick-billed Parrot

Where does the Thick-billed Parrot live?

The Thick-billed Parrot lives in Mexico and United States. Found in Mexico and the United States.

What does the Thick-billed Parrot eat?

seeds and nuts (about 80%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Thick-billed Parrot endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.