Large Fig Parrot

Large Fig Parrot
Psittaculirostris desmarestii occidentalis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Cyclopsittacini
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 Psittacidae family. It is found in the West Papuan Islands, Indonesia and in southern and western New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).[1]

Male and female adults are identical in external appearance, and juveniles tend to have duller colours on the head, but otherwise resemble adults.[1]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

It has six subspecies.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Forshaw (2006). plate 28.

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