Large fig parrot

Large fig parrot
Psittaculirostris desmarestii occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Cyclopsittini
Genus: Psittaculirostris
Species: P. desmarestii
Binomial name
Psittaculirostris desmarestii
(Desmarest, 1826)

The large fig parrot (Psittaculirostris desmarestii), also known as flame-headed fig parrot and Desmarest's fig parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is found in the West Papuan Islands, Indonesia and in southern and western New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).[2]

Male and female adults are identical in external appearance, and juveniles tend to have duller colours on the head, but otherwise resemble adults.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It has six subspecies.[2]

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