| Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot | |
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| Female | |
| File:Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii qtl1.png | |
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Genus: | Cyclopsitta |
| Species: | C. gulelmitertii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclopsitta gulelmitertii (Schlegel, 1866) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Opopsitta gulielmitertii[2] | |
Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot, Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii, is a species of fig-parrot found in and endemic to New Guinea. It has six subspecies, some of which might be separate species.[3]
Other names
Blue-fronted Fig-parrot, Orange-breasted Fig Parrot.[4]
Description
Length is 11–13 cm (4.3–5.1 in).[3][2] It is very small, stubby-tailed parrot.[3]
Adults general plumage is green, paler and more yellowish on underwing coverts and lower underparts.[2]
Subspecies
| Subspecies of Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot. | |||
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| Subspecies | Author | Range | Notes |
| C. g. melanogenia | (Rosenberg, HKB, 1866) | Aru Islands | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Dusky-cheeked Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
| C. g. suavissima | Sclater, PL, 1876 | Southeast New Guinea | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Dusky-cheeked Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
| C. g. fuscifrons | Salvadori, 1876 | South New Guinea | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Dusky-cheeked Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
| C. g. nigrifrons | Reichenow, 1891 | North New Guinea | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Black-fronted Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
| C. g. ramuensis | (Neumann, 1915) | Ramu River, northeast New Guinea | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Black-fronted Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
| C. g. amabilis | (Reichenow, 1891) | Eastern New Guinea | Considered to be a separate species by Schnitker, 2007 and Howard and Moore, under the name "Black-fronted Fig-Parrot".[5][6] |
Similar species
Behaviour
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Reproduction
Distribution/habitat
New Guinea, including Salawati in the western Papuan Islands, and the Aru Islands, Indonesia.[2] Habitat is lowland and foothill forest and edge.[3]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. (1981) [1973, 1978]. Parrots of the World (corrected second ed.). T. F. H. Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-87666-959-3. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c d Pratt, Thane K.; Beehler, Bruce M.; Anderton, John C. (illu.); and Kókay, Szabolcs (illu.) (2014). Birds of New Guinea: Second Edition. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691095639.
- ^ template with no id set%5d%5d}} "Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot" Check
|url=value (help). Avibase. - ^ a b c d e f Schnitler, H. (2007). "Revision der Systematik des Orangebrust‐Zwergpapageis.". Papageien. Arndt-Verlag. 20: 100–105, 134–41. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Dickinson, E.C. (ed.); Remsen, Jr., J.V. (ed.) (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th Edition. Vol. 1 Non-passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, U.K.
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