Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Cyclopsitta diophthalma
Parramatta State School, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3529 20191102 - macleayana male. CLICK for another on Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld 20230805
Notes: Very small. Dumpy due to short tail. Ssp marshalli male:
bright red forehead, forecrown,
lores, cheeks; female: no red on face, forecrown violet blue.
Ssp macleayana red only on central
forehead & below eye extending from lower mandible
to behind ear-coverts; blue around eye.
Tropical & sub-tropical rainforest, mangroves,
isolated fruiting trees.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Esplanade, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9426 20230907 - macleayana female at nest. CLICK for young female there, 20190822
Kings Range, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_6870 20221109 - macleayana male feeding.
Bilyana Rest Area (S of Tully), FNE Qld IMG_8985 20220221 - macleayana male. CLICK to see w. partner.
Cemetery, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_8458 20200428 - macleayana male & female allopreening. CLICK for another view.
Little Mulgrave, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_0375 20180422 - macleayana juvenile. CLICK for young male on CairnsEsplanade, 20230816.
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_9602 20201020 - macleayana female at nest with juvenile. CLICK for video of femaleexcavating a possible nest hole 20240407.
Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, CYPAL FNE Qld IMG_9976 20230208 - marshalli male. CLICK to zoom.
Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, CYPAL FNE Qld IMG_0007 20230209 - marshalli male.
Parramatta State School, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_3491 20191102 - macleayana female feeding juvenile
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0720 20230227 - macleayana male feeding
Esplanade, Cairns North, FN Qld MVI_4752 20190902 - macleayana female feeding