Cyclopsitta

Cyclopsitta is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae. Its four species are native to the island of New Guinea. There are also fig parrots in the genus Nannopsittacus.

Cyclopsitta
Double-eyed fig parrot
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
Psittaculirostris Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1859

The genus contains four species:^[2]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Double-eyed fig parrot	Cyclopsitta diophthalma	New Guinea and satellites and northeast Australia
	Large fig parrot	Cyclopsitta desmarestii	New Guinea and northwest satellites
	Edwards's fig parrot	Cyclopsitta edwardsii	lowlands of northeastern New Guinea (Humboldt Bay to Huon Gulf)
	Salvadori's fig parrot	Cyclopsitta salvadorii	northwestern New Guinea (eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay to Cyclops Mountains)

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]