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Rhynchopsitta phillipsi

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Arinae
Tribe: Arini
Genus: Rhynchopsitta
Species: R. phillipsi
Binomial name
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Rea, 1997

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi is an extinct species of thick-billed parrot. It was described in 1997 from cave deposits from Nuevo León, north-eastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan Robert Phillips.



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