Fig parrot

Fig parrot
Edwards's fig parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Cyclopsitticini
Genera
Cyclopsitta Psittaculirostris

Fig parrots are a small tribe (Cyclopsitticini) consisting of five species in two small genera of parrots (Cyclopsitta and Psittaculirostris) of the family Psittaculidae found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and tropical Australia. The double-eyed fig parrot is 13–16 cm in length and is the smallest Australian parrot.

Tribe Cyclopsittini

• Genus Cyclopsitta
  • Orange-breasted fig parrot, C. gulielmitertii
  • Double-eyed fig parrot, C. diophthalma
    • Marshall's fig parrot (C. d. marshalli)
    • Macleay's fig parrot or red-browed fig parrot (C. d. macleayana)
    • Coxen's fig parrot (C. d. coxeni)
• Genus Psittaculirostris
  • Large fig parrot, P. desmarestii
  • Edwards's fig parrot, P. edwardsii
  • Salvadori's fig parrot, P. salvadorii

Diet

As its name suggests, a fig parrot's diet consists mainly of the various figs that grow in its natural habitat. It also eats many other types of fruit and nectar.

See also

• Blue-fronted fig parrot