were they seen in different colors?
There has been some confusion over the colouration of the broad-billed parrot.
Broad-billed parrot
There has been some confusion over the colouration of the broad-billed parrot.
what is broad-billed parrot? A large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. where were they widely found? Mascarene island of Mauritius 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"
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Broad-billed parrot [SEP] Description
The size differences between the two birds in the 1601 sketch may be due to this feature. A 1602 account by the Dutch sailor Reyer Cornelisz has traditionally been interpreted as the only contemporary mention of size differences among broad-billed parrots, listing "large and small Indian crows" among the animals of the island. A full transcript of the original text was only published in 2003, and showed that a comma had been incorrectly placed in the English translation; "large and small" instead referred to "field-hens", possibly the red rail and the smaller Cheke's wood rail. There has been some confusion over the colouration of the broad-billed parrot.