Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot

Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Cyclopsitta
Species:
C. diophthalma
Subspecies:
C. d. virago
Trinomial name
Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago
(Hartert, 1895)


Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago) is a subspecies of the double-eyed fig parrot. It is native to the Fergusson and Goodenough islands (D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea).

Description

It has a dark green back and light green body. The male has red facial markings while the female has a red and blue cap.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Double-eyed Fig Parrots, Two-eyed Fig Parrots, Blue-faced or Red-faced Fig Parrots, Dwarf Fig Parrots and Lorilets | Beauty of Birds".
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