Parrots (Psittacidae)
Orange-breasted Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii) - HBW 4, p. 366
French: Psittacule à poitrine orange
German: Orangebrust-Zwergpapagei
Spanish: Lorito Pechinaranja
Other common names: William's Fig-parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacula gulielmi III Schlegel, 1866, Salawati and New Guinea.
Controversy concerning application of correct genus name: junior synonym Opopsitta sometimes erroneously used. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanogenia (Schlegel, 1866) - Aru Is.
- gulielmitertii (Schlegel, 1866) - Salawati and W Vogelkop, New Guinea.
- nigrifrons (Reichenow, 1891) - N New Guinea.
- melanogenia (Schlegel, 1866) - Aru Is.
- gulielmitertii (Schlegel, 1866) - Salawati and W Vogelkop, New Guinea.
- nigrifrons (Reichenow, 1891) - N New Guinea.
- ramuensis (Neumann, 1915) - NE New Guinea around R Ramu.
- fuscifrons (Salvadori, 1876) - S New Guinea.
- amabilis (Reichenow, 1891) - Huon Peninsula eastwards, Papua New Guinea.
- suavissima P. L. Sclater, 1876 - SE Papua New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving on a leaf Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 6 years ago 11 sec 3.8 -
Two females at a feeder. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 13 sec 3
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Adult female - nominate subspecies.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp gulielmitertii)
Tomasz Doroń 20 October 2007 1 year ago 4.1 -
A perched male.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp gulielmitertii)
Tomasz Doroń 6 October 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Front on view of male perched up.
Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp C.g.fuscifrons)
neil osborne 18 August 2010 7 weeks ago 3.3
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Several calls of two birds that were feeding in a bush. Locality Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
monicayhector 26 March 1992 3 years ago 3
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