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Réalisé le 26 octobre 2011 à l'Esplanade de Cairns, Australie.
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Taken on October, 26th/ 2011 at the Esplanade in Cairns, Australia.
Réalisé le 26 octobre 2011 à l'Esplanade de Cairns, Australie.
Cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir / click on the photograph to enlarge it.
Taken on October, 26th/ 2011 at the Esplanade in Cairns, Australia.
Tiny rainforest-dwelling parrot. Male has red cheeks. Primarily green with varying levels of red and blue on the face depending on the subspecies. Typically flies quickly overhead or feeds inconspicuously in rainforest canopies. From Little Lorikeet by pale underwings (Little Lorikeet has dark wings), and yellow line near the folded wing (lacking on Little Lorikeet). Its call, usually heard in flight, is a distinctive metallic ‘tzeet-tzeet’. Excavates hollows in softwood rainforest trees. (eBird)
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Not only are they tiny, but aparently they prefer to hide in the shadow. This is the best I could do with a very noisy and dark photo, but some record shots just have to be shared :-)
Cairns Esplanade, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Photographed at Freshwater and Saltwater Lakes (Centenary Lakes)
Redden Island, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Redden Island, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Adult ♂.
Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
Adult ♂.
One of three Australian sub species of the Fig Parrot. It is Australia's smallest parrot species.
One of three Australian sub species of the Fig Parrot. It is Australia's smallest parrot species.
One of three Australian sub species of the Fig Parrot. It is Australia's smallest parrot species.
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
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Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
If you like my photos, Please like my page. :)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
If you like my photos, Please like my page. :)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
If you like my photos, Please like my page. :)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
If you like my photos, Please like my page. :)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees. Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
If you like my photos, Please like my page. :)
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
I can not begin to describe how excited this encounter was for me. There where nine birds in total in the one fig tree Pairs and young.
Sixty five photos later.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees.
Seen ideally three or four times each year around the weeping native fig trees which set fruit and attract these parrots.
Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.