Cyclopsitta

Cyclopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Its four species are native to the Australian continent, primarily the island of New Guinea.^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii	Blue-fronted fig parrot	New Guinea, the Bird's Head Peninsula and Salawati
	Cyclopsitta nigrifrons	Black-fronted fig parrot	northern New Guinea
	Cyclopsitta melanogenia	Dusky-cheeked fig parrot	southern New Guinea and Aru Island
	Cyclopsitta diophthalma	Double-eyed fig parrot	Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands

Cyclopsitta
Double-eyed fig parrot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Cyclopsittini
Genus:	Cyclopsitta Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Psittacula diophthalma[1] Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Species
Four; see text

The genus name Cyclopsitta is a combination of the Greek name of the mythical Cyclops (a race of one-eyed Sicilian giants, whose name is a combination of the Greek word kuklos, meaning "circle" and ōps, meaning "eye"), and the modern Latin psitta, meaning "parrot".^[3]