Red-browed fig parrot
The red-browed fig parrot or Macleay's fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana) is a subspecies of double-eyed fig parrot. It is one of the smaller subspecies.[1] It lives close to the Marshall's fig parrot.
| Red-browed fig parrot | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Cyclopsitta |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. d. macleayana |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana E. P. Ramsay, 1874 | |
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.[2]
References
- Field Guide to Australian birds, Michael Morcombe
- "Red-browed Fig-Parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana". Beauty Of Birds. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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