Fig Parrot Species

This is an index of all know Fig Parrot species. Each species is a clickable link that will take you to a page with in-depth information about that particular parrot.

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The best known species:

• Coxen’s Double-eyed Fig-Parrots / Blue-faced or Coxin’s Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni)
• Desmarest’s Fig Parrots / Golden-headed Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii desmarestii)
• Double-eyed Fig Parrots / Blue-faced Fig Parrots / Dwarf Fig Parrots / Red-faced Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma diophthalma)
• Edward’s Fig Parrots (Psittaculirostris edwardsii)
• Orange-breasted Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti gulielmiterti)
• Red-browned Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana)
• Salvadori’s Fig Parrots / Salvadori’s Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots aka Salvadori’s Fig Parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti fuscifrons

Index of Fig-parrot Species:

• Desmarest’s Fig Parrots / Golden-headed Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii desmarestii)

• Range: Eastern Vogelkop Peninsula west to Irian.
• Description: Males have red and blue head. They average 7 inches in length.
• Five (5) subspecies:
  • Southern Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii cervicalis)
  • Van Oort’s Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii intermedia)
  • Wallace’s Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii blythii)
  • Western golden-headed Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii occidentalis)
  • Godman’s Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii godmani)

• Double-eyed Fig Parrots / Blue-faced Fig Parrots / Dwarf Fig Parrots / Red-faced Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma diophthalma)

• Range: Western New Guinea from Vogel Peninsula, east to Astrolabe Bay, south to Etna Bay, Salawati, Batanata, Waigeo, Misool (Maluku Province) and Koffiao.
• Description: Males have red and blue head. They average 5.5 inches in length.
• Seven (7) subspecies.
  • Aru Double-eyed Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma aruensis)
  • Coxen’s Double-eyed Fig-Parrots / Blue-faced or Coxin’s Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni)
  • Hartert’s Double-eyed Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago)
  • Marshall’s Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli)
  • Red-browned Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana)
  • Tagula Double-eyed Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma inseparabilis)
  • Astrolabe Mountain Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma coccineifrons)

• Edward’s Fig Parrots (Psittaculirostris edwardsii)
  • Range: Humbolt Bay west to Irian and east to Huon Gulf, New Guinea.
  • Description: Males have red-and-blue bib. They average 7 inches in length.

• Orange-breasted Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti gulielmiterti)

• Range: Western Vogelkop Peninsula and Salawati, Indonesia.
• Description: Males have blue, yellow and orange markings. The average 5 inches in length.
• Six (6) subspecies:
  • Black-cheeked Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti melanogenia)
  • D’Albertis’ Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti suavissima
  • Neumann’s Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti ramuensis)
  • Reichenow’s Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti amabilis)
  • Salvadori’s Fig Parrots / Salvadori’s Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots aka Salvadori’s Fig Parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti fuscifrons)
    • Range: Gedvink Bay east to Humboldt Bay west to Irian.
    • Description: Males have bright red bib. They average 7.5 inches in length.
  • Sepik Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti nigrifrons)

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