Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot


The Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago) is a subspecies of double-eyed fig parrot. It lives in New Guinea.

Hartert's double-eyed fig parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Cyclopsitta
Species:
C. diophthalma
Subspecies:
C. d. virago
Trinomial name
Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago
(Hartert, 1895)

Description

It has a dark green back and light green body. The male has red facial markings while the female has a red and blue cap.[1]

References
  1. "Double-eyed Fig Parrots, Two-eyed Fig Parrots, Blue-faced or Red-faced Fig Parrots, Dwarf Fig Parrots and Lorilets | Beauty of Birds".
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