Image: Lophopsittacus

Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 223 pixels | 3,244 × 2,256 pixels.

Original image ‎(3,244 × 2,256 pixels, file size: 4.56 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: The Broad-billed Parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus) was a parrot endemic to the island of Mauritius that became extinct. Based on old drawing and descriptions.
Title: Lophopsittacus
Credit: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (https://archive.org/stream/extinctbirdsatte00roth#page/n293/mode/2up)
Author: Henrik Grønvold
Permission: Not in copyright (Public Domain)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

Image usage

The following page links to this image:

Broad-billed parrot

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.