Cyclopsitta

Genus of birds

Cyclopsitta

Double-eyed fig parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Family:  | Psittaculidae
Tribe:  | Cyclopsittini
Genus:  | Cyclopsitta
Reichenbach, 1850
Species

Four; see text

Cyclopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Its four species are native to the Australian continent, primarily the island of New Guinea.[1]

Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution

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| Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii | Blue-fronted fig parrot | New Guinea, the Bird's Head Peninsula and Salawati
| Cyclopsitta nigrifrons | Black-fronted fig parrot | northern New Guinea
| Cyclopsitta melanogenia | Dusky-cheeked fig parrot | southern New Guinea and Aru Island
| Cyclopsitta diophthalma | Double-eyed fig parrot | Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands

The genus name Cyclopsitta is a combination of the Greek name of the mythical Cyclops (a race of one-eyed Sicilian giants, whose name is a combination of the Greek word kuklos, meaning "circle" and ōps, meaning "eye"), and the modern Latin psitta, meaning "parrot".[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ITIS Report: Cyclopsitta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 128\. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q734683
* Wikispecies: Cyclopsitta
* ADW: Cyclopsitta
* AFD: Cyclopsitta
* CoL: 3Y2S
* GBIF: 2480147
* iNaturalist: 19273
* IRMNG: 1342950
* ITIS: 553648
* NCBI: 503984

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