Species Cyclopsitta diophthalma (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

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Species Cyclopsitta diophthalma (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Double-eyed Fig-Parrot

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Forshaw, J.M. 1967. The subspecies of the Fig Parrot, Opopsitta diophthalma. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 15: 43-52 [44-50]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Psittacula diophthalma Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. 1841. Description de plusieurs oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus, provenant de l'expèdition autour du monde faite sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 2 16: 312-320 [318] [based on male and female; syntypes figured on figs. 4 and 5 on plate 25 (bis), Oiseaux, In Dumont-d'Urville, J. 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de vaisseau. Atlas, Zoologie. Paris : Gide et Cie et J. Baudry [published between 1842–1853], appearing in 1846]

Type data: syntypes MNHP ♂*, MNHP ♀*.
Type locality: Triton Bay, Irian Jaya (as la côte sud de la Nouvelle-Guinèe), see Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.