Nannopsittacus

Nannopsittacus
Blue-fronted fig parrot (Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Cyclopsittini
Genus:	Nannopsittacus Mathews, 1916
Type species
Cyclopsitta suavissima Salvadori, 1876

Nannopsittacus is a genus of fig parrots in the family Psittaculidae. The three species are native to the island of New Guinea. There are also fig parrots in the genus Cyclopsitta .

Taxonomy

The genus Nannopsittacus was introduced in 1916 by the Australian-born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with Cyclopsitta suavissima Salvadori, 1876, as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} This taxon is now considered to be a subspecies of the dusky-cheeked fig parrot (Nannopsittacus melanogenia suavissimus). ^[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ναννος/nannos meaning "dwarf" with ψιττακος/psittakos meaning "parrot". ^[4]

The genus contains three species: ^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Dusky-cheeked fig parrot	Nannopsittacus melanogenia	Aru Islands and south New Guinea
	Blue-fronted fig parrot	Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii	western New Guinea (western Bird s Head Peninsula), including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
	Black-fronted fig parrot	Nannopsittacus nigrifrons	north New Guinea

References

1. Mathews, Gregory (1916). Birds of Australia. Vol. 6. London: Witherby. p. 65.
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 164.
3. AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
4. Jobling, James A. "Nannopsittacus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 8 November 2025.