Large fig parrot

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Large fig parrot
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Psittaculirostris desmarestii occidentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Psittaculirostris
Species:
P. desmarestii
Binomial name
Psittaculirostris desmarestii
(Desmarest, 1826)

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). [2]

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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. [2]

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: [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Psittaculirostris desmarestii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22725599A94896928. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725599A94896928.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Forshaw (2006). plate 28.
  3. Desmarest's fig parrot( Psittaculirostris desmarestrii) |Parrot Encyclopedia

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