Red-browed fig parrot

Subspecies of bird

Red-browed fig parrot

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Family:  | Psittaculidae
Genus:  | Cyclopsitta
Species:  |

C. diophthalma

Subspecies:  |

C. d. macleayana

Trinomial name
Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana

E. P. Ramsay, 1874

The red-browed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana) or Macleay's fig parrot, is a subspecies of double-eyed fig parrot. It is one of the smaller subspecies.[1] Its range extends from Cooktown to Paluma in northern Queensland.[2]

## Description

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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.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Field Guide to Australian birds, Michael Morcombe
2. ^ "Species profile—Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana (Macleay's fig-parrot)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
3. ^ "Red-browed Fig-Parrot, Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana". Beauty Of Birds. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

Taxon identifiers

Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana|

* Wikidata: Q24190145
* AFD: Cyclopsitta_diophthalma_macleayana
* CoL: 7JNDQ
* GBIF: 6170849
* iNaturalist: 722412
* ITIS: 714672
* NCBI: 2952817

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