Coxen’s Fig Parrot
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| - | '''Common Name:''' Coxen's Fig Parrot | + | '''Common Name:''' Coxen's Fig Parrot<br> |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni | '''Scientific Name:''' Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni | ||
'''Habitat:''' Australia. East of the Great Dividing Range between Port Maquarie in New South Wales and near Gladstone in Queensland. However, within this small range it is fragmented into even smaller populations. They are found in lowland coastal rainforests (which have mostly been cleared), and in a range of remnant vegetation types - as long as they contain fruiting fig trees. | '''Habitat:''' Australia. East of the Great Dividing Range between Port Maquarie in New South Wales and near Gladstone in Queensland. However, within this small range it is fragmented into even smaller populations. They are found in lowland coastal rainforests (which have mostly been cleared), and in a range of remnant vegetation types - as long as they contain fruiting fig trees. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Critically endangered due to habitat | + | '''Status:''' Critically endangered. '''Global population:''' >100. Endangered due to demands placed on their habitat by an expanding human population. It is estimated that no more than 100 mature individuals remain. Recovery is threatened by loss of and fragmentation of the birds’ preferred. A captive recovery program has being in place for a number of years and is actively supported by the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary situated at the Gold Coast, Queensland. |
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'''Diet:''' Seeds of near ripe or ripe fruits of native figs, and/or insect larvae. | '''Diet:''' Seeds of near ripe or ripe fruits of native figs, and/or insect larvae. | ||
Coxen's fig-parrot is cryptic and extremely difficult to see in its habitat and may therefore be more common than the number of sightings suggest. | Coxen's fig-parrot is cryptic and extremely difficult to see in its habitat and may therefore be more common than the number of sightings suggest. | ||
| - | '''Found in [http:// | + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-threatened-endangered-extinct-2.html Songbird Remix Threatened Endangered Extinct 2] and [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-australia-v3.html Songbird ReMix Australia Volume III]''' |
