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Cyclopsitta diophthalma (Double-eyed Fig Parrot)

Synonyms: Opopsitta diophthalma

Wikipedia Abstract

The double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma), also known as the blue-faced fig parrot, red-faced fig parrot, dwarf fig parrot, and the two-eyed fig parrot, primarily inhabits forests on New Guinea and nearby islands, but is also found in isolated communities along the tropical Australian coast, east of the Great Dividing Range. With an average total length of about 14 cm (5 1⁄2 in), it is the smallest parrot in Australia.
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Infraspecies

Cyclopsitta diophthalma aruensis (Southern double-eyed fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coccineifrons (Eastern double-eyed fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni (Coxen's fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma diophthalma (Double-eyed fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma inseparabilis (Tagula double-eyed fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana (Red-browed fig parrot)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma marshalli (Marshall's fig parrot) (Attributes)
Cyclopsitta diophthalma virago (D'Entrecasteaux double-eyed fig parrot)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.29939
EDGE Score: 1.66759
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  49 grams
Male Weight [3]  37 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Female Maturity [3]  0 years 12 months
Clutch Size [5]  2
Incubation [4]  21 days
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (15 cm)
Wing Span [4]  10 inches (.26 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lamington National Park II 50970 Queensland, Australia

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Diamond, JM 1972. Avifauna of the eastern highlands of New Guinea. Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 12, 1-438
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0