Rhynchopsitta phillipsi

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi is an extinct species of thick-billed parrot. It was described in 1997 from Late Pleistocene cave deposits from Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan Robert Phillips.^[1]

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
R. phillipsi compared to the maroon-fronted parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Rhynchopsitta
Species:	R. phillipsi
Binomial name
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Rea, 1997