Double-eyed Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diopthalma)

Double-eyed Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diopthalma)

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 (5½ in.), it is the smallest parrot in Australia.  The easiest place to see them will be in West Papua, Indonesia or Papua New Guinea.

Double-eyed Fig-parrot Range

There are several subspecies found throughout this tiny parrot’s range.  The Coxen’s subspecies is very rare.

C.d. diophthalma: W Papuan islands, NW New Guinea.
C.d. coccineifrons: SE New Guinea- Astrolabe Bay to Fly River.
C.d. aruensis: S New Guinea (Fly River to Aru Islands).
C.d. virago: Fergusson and Goodenough Islands.
C.d. inseparabilis: Tagula Island.
C.d. marshalli: North tip of Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia.
C.d. macleayana: NE Queenland from Cooktown to Townsville.
C.d. coxeni: formely SE Queensland and NE South Wales, range now limited.

Coxen’s Fig parrot Range

A hungry Double-eyed Fig-parrot live and in action!

List Of Parrots In Papua New Guinea

Palm Cockatoo – Probosciger aterrimus

Little Corella – Cacatua sanguinea

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo – Cacatua galerita

Blue-eyed Cockatoo – Cacatua ophthalmica

Black Lory – Chalcopsitta atra

Brown Lory – Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

Yellow-streaked Lory – Chalcopsitta sintillata

Cardinal Lory – Chalcopsitta cardinalis

Dusky Lory – Pseudeos fuscata

Rainbow Lorikeet – Trichoglossus haematodus

Goldie’s Lorikeet – Psitteuteles goldiei

Purple-bellied Lory – Lorius hypoinochrous

Black-capped Lory – Lorius lory

White-naped Lory – Lorius albidinuchus

Red-chinned Lorikeet – Charmosyna rubrigularis

Striated Lorikeet – Charmosyna multistriata

Pygmy Lorikeet – Charmosyna wilhelminae

Red-fronted Lorikeet – Charmosyna rubronotata

Red-flanked Lorikeet – Charmosyna placentis

Fairy Lorikeet – Charmosyna pulchella

Josephine’s Lorikeet – Charmosyna josefinae

Papuan Lorikeet – Charmosyna papou

Plum-faced Lorikeet – Oreopsittacus arfaki

Yellow-billed Lorikeet – Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

Orange-billed Lorikeet – Neopsittacus pullicauda

Pesquet’s Parrot – Psittrichas fulgidus

Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta keiensis

Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta pusio

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta bruijnii

Meek’s Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta meeki

Finsch’s Pygmy Parrot – Micropsitta finschii

Orange-breasted Fig-parrot – Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii

Double-eyed Fig-parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma

Large Fig-parrot – Psittaculirostris desmarestii

Edwards’s Fig-parrot – Psittaculirostris edwardsii

Painted Tiger Parrot – Psittacella picta

Brehm’s Tiger Parrot – Psittacella brehmii

Modest Tiger Parrot – Psittacella modesta

Madarasz’s Tiger Parrot-  Psittacella madaraszi

Red-cheeked Parrot – Geoffroyus geoffroyi

Blue-collared Parrot – Geoffroyus simplex

Singing Parrot – Geoffroyus heteroclitus

Great-billed Parrot – Tanygnathus megalorynchos

Eclectus Parrot – Eclectus roratus

Papuan King Parrot – Alisterus chloropterus

Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus

Papuan Hanging Parrot-  Loriculus aurantiifrons

Green-fronted Hanging Parrot – Loriculus tener