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Double-eyed Fig Parrot  (Cyclopsitta diophthalma)

Also Known As: Two-eyed Fig Parrot, Double-eyed Dwarf Parrot, Dwarf Fig Parrot, Lorilet; Coxen's Fig Parrot, Coxen's Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Coxen's Two-eyed Fig Parrot, Coxen's Blue-browed Fig Parrot, Blue-browed Fig Parrot, Red-faced Lorilet, Coxen's Lorilet, Southern Fig Parrot (C.d. coxeni) Red-browed Fig Parrot, Blue-faced Fig Parrot, Macleay's Lorilet, Northern Fig Parrot (C.d. macleayana); Marshall's Fig Parrot, Cape York Parrot (C.d. marshalli)
 
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Double Eyed Fig Parrot, Cairns Tropical Zoo

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Did You Know?
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot will respond to imitation of contact call by circling back, while in flight, to alight nearby.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
100,000; however, coxeni critically endangered at between 50-200 individuals; macleayana at 5000 individuals, marshalli generally uncommon

Range:
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.

Habitat:
Found in variety of areas including rainforest, secondary growth forest, forest edge, riverine forest, occasionally dry forest and open eucalypt woodland. Australia birds are also found in parks, gardens, scrub, mangrove and cultivated areas. Found up to 1600m (5248 ft).

Threat Summary:
Coxeni has suffered due to loss of lowland rainforest throughout its range.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Fig seeds principal food item; also small whole fruits, nectar, insect larvae and fungus and lichen.

CITES Rating:
Coxeni Appendix I, all others Appendix II

Ecology:
Quiet feeders. Outside breeding season groups gather to roost. Up to 200 birds. Alarm displays include wing flicking and agitated calls. May be in company of other fig parrots, rosellas and lorikeets.

Clutch and Egg Size:
2 rounded eggs, 21 x 17.5mm (0.8 x 0.7 in)

Breeding Season:
New Guinea: March; Australia August to November.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.irock.com.au/~birdscapricornia/coxens_fig_parrot.pdf

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/fig-parrot/existing.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p01379aa.pdf/Coxens_figparrot_iCyclopsitta_diophthalma_coxeni/i_recovery_plan_20012005.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-eyed