Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Parrots, Macaws and Allies :: Double-eyed Fig-Parrot

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma

Described by: Hombron; Jacquinot (1841)
Alternate common name(s): Double-eye Fig Parrot, Blue-faced Fig-Parrot, Red-faced Fig-Parrot, Cosen's Fig Parrot, Coxen's Fig-Parrot, Dwarf Fig-Parrot, Two-eyed Fig-Parrot
Old scientific name(s): Opopsitta diophthalma

Photographs

Queensland, Australia - 2000 © Hans&Judy Beste  Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste  near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 1972 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

New Guinea, adjacent islands and e. Australia;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) W. New Guinea and is.
(2) Ne. and e. New Guinea.
(3) S. New Guinea and Aru Is.
(4) D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough and Fergusson Is.).
(5) Louisiade Archipelago (Tagula Is.).
E. Australia:
(6) Ex. ne. Australia (ne. Cape York Peninsula along Portland Road at the Iron Range National Park).
(7) Coastal ce. Queensland (Cairns Esplanade, Atherton Tablelands, and Cooktown).
(8) Coastal se. Queensland and ne. New South Wales.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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