Northern subspecies (marshalli, macleanyana) still moderately common. Subspecies coxeni declining, now rare and endangered.
Habitat
Rainforests. Eucalypt woodlands and coastal scrubs adjacent to rainforest. Timbered watercourses, paperbark woodlands. Occasionally visits gardens and orchards to feed on figs, loquats and other fruit tree. From sea-level - 1,600 m.
Cape York Peninsula, in the vicinity of Lockart and Claudie Ranges, from Cooktown, Qld south to Eungella National Park, and from about Gladstone, Qld south to about Hastings, NSW.
coxeni Gould, 1867 - South-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Coxen's Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta coxeni).
Similar Species
Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla), which has a finer, and black bill, red on the face does not extend behind the eye, and has no blue in its plumage.
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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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