Large fig parrot
The large fig parrot, also known as flame-headed fig parrot and Desmarest's fig parrot, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
It is found in the West Papuan Islands, Indonesia and in southern and western New Guinea.
Description
It has a red to orange cap, a light blue eye patch below its eye, yellow face, pale turquoise ring tinged with red, grey-black bill and green body. Male and female adults are identical in external appearance and juveniles tend to have duller colours on the head, but otherwise resemble adults.Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognised:- C. d. blythii Wallace, AR, 1864 – Misool
- C. d. occidentalis – Salawati and Batanta Islands, western Bird's Head Peninsula, and Onin Peninsula
- C. d. desmarestii – western New Guinea
- C. d. godmani – southern lowlands of western and central New Guinea
- C. d. cervicalis – southeastern New Guinea
Cited texts
Category:Birds of Western New Guinea
large fig parrot
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