Parrots (Psittacidae)
Large Fig-parrot (Psittaculirostris desmarestii) - HBW 4, p. 369
French: Psittacule de Desmarest
German: Buntbrust-Zwergpapagei
Spanish: Lorito de Desmarest
Other common names: Golden-headed Fig-parrot, Desmarest's Fig-parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus Desmarestii Desmarest, 1826, Manokwari, New Guinea.
Genus sometimes lumped into Cyclopsitta (or Opopsitta). Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- blythii (Wallace, 1864) - Misool, W Papuan Is.
- occidentalis (Salvadori, 1875) - Batanta, Salawati and W Vogelkop.
- desmarestii (Desmarest, 1826) - E Vogelkop.
- blythii (Wallace, 1864) - Misool, W Papuan Is.
- occidentalis (Salvadori, 1875) - Batanta, Salawati and W Vogelkop.
- desmarestii (Desmarest, 1826) - E Vogelkop.
- intermedia (van Oort, 1909) - Onin Peninsula, Irian Jaya.
- godmani (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) - S New Guinea from SE Irian Jaya to R Fly.
- cervicalis (Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875) - R Fly E to extreme E New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds moving on branches Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 3.9 -
Two birds sleeping close together Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
A perched bird, preening and looking around Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 2.5
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A bird perched.
Locality Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Pedro Ortega Pinilla 22 August 2004 2 years ago 3.7 -
Adult bird.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 18 weeks ago 3.3
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