and what was their diet like?
Many types of palms and palm-like plants on Mauritius produce hard seeds that the broad-billed parrot may have eaten, including "Latania loddigesii", "Mimusops maxima", "Sideroxylon grandiflorum"
Broad-billed parrot
Many types of palms and palm-like plants on Mauritius produce hard seeds that the broad-billed parrot may have eaten, including "Latania loddigesii", "Mimusops maxima", "Sideroxylon grandiflorum", "Diospyros egrettorium", and "Pandanus utilis".
what is broad-billed parrot? A large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. where were they widely found? Mascarene island of Mauritius
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Broad-billed parrot [SEP] Diet
Many types of palms and palm-like plants on Mauritius produce hard seeds that the broad-billed parrot may have eaten, including "Latania loddigesii", "Mimusops maxima", "Sideroxylon grandiflorum", "Diospyros egrettorium", and "Pandanus utilis". On the basis of radiographs, Holyoak claimed that the mandible of the broad-billed parrot was weakly constructed and suggested that it would have fed on soft fruits rather than hard seeds. As evidence, he pointed out that the internal trabeculae were widely spaced, that the upper bill was broad whereas the palatines were narrow, and the fact that no preserved upper rostrum had been discovered, which he attributed to its delicateness.