Courtesy of ABC news.

A rare bird has been found in southern Queensland, 130 years after it was last seen.

Naturalist and wildlife cinematographer John Young has searched for the blue-fronted fig parrot across Queensland and New South Wales for 10 years.

Queensland’s Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr told a Bird Week function last night Mr Young found the bird in rugged forests in southern Queensland.

“It’s called the blue-fronted fig parrot, which is a sub species of the double-eyed fig parrot,” she said.

“Any sub species and that particular bird have gone undetected for 130 years – 130 years ago a man called John Gould described the first fig parrot in Australia.

“Previously we knew there were three fig parrots were known to occur in Australia and once again we believe they are all sub species of the double-eyed fig parrot.”

I’m intrigued as to what a double-eyed fig parrot is, given that most parrots I’ve seen are double-eyed. I guess there may be a few one-eyed fig parrots around, although they generally hang out with smuggled budgies or sneaky cocks…