Red-browed fig parrot

Red-browed fig parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Cyclopsitta
Species:
C. diophthalma
Subspecies:
C. d. macleayana
Trinomial name
Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana
E. P. Ramsay, 1874


The red-browed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana) or Macleay's fig parrot, is a subspecies of double-eyed fig parrot. It is one of the smaller subspecies.[1] Its range extends from Cooktown to Paluma in northern Queensland.[2]

Description

It is small and light green all over with a red forehead and facial markings. The male has blue around his eyes while the female has golden yellow around her eyes.[3]

References

  1. ^ Field Guide to Australian birds, Michael Morcombe
  2. ^ "Species profile—Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana (Macleay's fig-parrot)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  3. ^ "Red-browed Fig-Parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana". Beauty Of Birds. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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