Double-eyed Fig Parrot

When to see the Double-eyed Fig Parrot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Double-eyed Fig Parrot

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Double-eyed Fig Parrot

The double-eyed fig parrot, 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, it is the smallest parrot in Australia.

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Easily confused with

Large Fig ParrotCyclopsitta desmarestiiIt has a red to orange cap, a light blue eye patch below its eye, yellow face, pale turquoise ring tinged with red, grey-black bill and green body. Edwards's Fig ParrotCyclopsitta edwardsiiA medium-sized parrot with a stocky build and short tail, it measures 18 cm (7.1 in) in length. Salvadori's Fig ParrotCyclopsitta salvadoriiThese birds are sexually dimorphic.