Nannopsittacus

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

Nannopsittacus
Blue-fronted fig parrot (Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Cyclopsittini
Genus:	Nannopsittacus Mathews, 1916
Type species
Cyclopsitta suavissima Salvadori, 1876

Taxonomy

The genus Nannopsittacus was introduced in 1916 by the Australian-born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with Cyclopsitta suavissima Salvadori, 1876, as the type species.^[1][2] This taxon is now considered to be a subspecies of the dusky-cheeked fig parrot (Nannopsittacus melanogenia suavissimus).^[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ναννος/nannos meaning "dwarf" with ψιττακος/psittakos meaning "parrot".^[4]

The genus contains three species:^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Dusky-cheeked fig parrot	Nannopsittacus melanogenia	Aru Islands and south New Guinea
	Blue-fronted fig parrot	Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii	western New Guinea (western Bird s Head Peninsula), including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
	Black-fronted fig parrot	Nannopsittacus nigrifrons	north New Guinea