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Large fig parrot

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| name = Large fig parrot

| image = Buntbrust-Feigenpapagei Psittaculirostris desmarestrii 090501 We 228.JPG

| image_caption=Psittaculirostris desmarestii occidentalis

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Psittaculirostris desmarestii |volume=2016 |page=e.T22725599A94896928 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725599A94896928.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Psittaculirostris

| species = desmarestii

| authority = (Desmarest, 1826)

| synonyms =

}}

The large fig parrot (Psittaculirostris desmarestii), 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 (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).Forshaw (2006). plate 28.

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

It has these subspecies:[https://www.parrots.org/encyclopedia/desmarests-fig-parrot Desmarest's fig parrot( Psittaculirostris desmarestrii) |Parrot Encyclopedia]

  • P. desmarestii
  • P. d. blythii
  • P. d. cervicalis
  • P. d. desmarestii
  • P. d. godmani
  • P. d. intermedia
  • P. d. occidentalis

References

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  • [http://www.parrots.org/index.php/encyclopedia/profile/desmarests_fig_parrot/ World Parrot Trust] Parrot Encyclopedia - Species Profile

Cited texts

  • {{Cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw |author-link=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide |others=Illustrated by Frank Knight |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-09251-6 |year=2006 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/parrotsofworldid0000fors }}

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large fig parrot

Category:Birds of Western New Guinea

large fig parrot

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