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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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