Red-browed fig parrot

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Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana
Scientific classification e
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


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.

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[]

  1. ^ Field Guide to Australian birds,
  2. ^ "Red-browed Fig-Parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana". Beauty Of Birds. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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