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Blue-fronted Fig Parrot
Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii (Schlegel, 1866)
Psittaculidae — Old World Parrots
Blue-fronted Fig Parrot, Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii, is a parrot of New Guinea, including Salawati and the Bird's Head Peninsula, where it lives in moist lowland forest. It is mainly green, with a black bill and a white face marked by a black patch. Males have orange breasts, while females show orange on the face. It usually keeps to the canopy, though it also uses lower levels, and is often seen in small flocks of 6 to 10 birds.
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae — Old World Parrots
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and Bird's Head (nw New Guinea)
