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Fig parrots are a small tribe of Australasian parrots named Cyclopsittini in the family Psittaculidae, made up of seven species in two genera. Fig parrots are found on and around the island of New Guinea, within the territories of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and tropical Australia.

Description
Fig parrots are small, stocky, arboreal parrots with short, wedge-shaped tails. They possess proportionately large, broad bills and smooth tongues. Sexual dimorphism is typically pronounced, with the exception of Coxen's fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diopthalma coxeni). Those in the genus Cyclopsitta are generally smaller than those in Psittaculirostris. ==Taxonomy==
Taxonomy
The fig parrot group was first proposed in 1891 at family rank, as Cyclopsittacidae, from the type genus Cyclopsitta. This was later downgraded to tribe status and included into the family Psittaculidae. Molecular phylogenetic studies support a grouping of fig parrots (Cyclopsittini) with the closely related budgerigars (Melopsittacini) and the lories and lorikeets (Loriini) as the subfamily Loriinae. Relationships between the tribes and within the Cyclopsitta and Psittaculirostris remain to be studied in detail. ==Tribe Cyclopsittini==
Tribe Cyclopsittini
The tribe contains two genera: ==References==
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