Confirmation of use of Myrmecodia for a nest site by Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta melanogenia, in Wasur National Park, Indonesia

We describe the location and characteristics of a Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta melanogenia nest in Wasur National Park, South Papua, Indonesia. The nest's presence was confirmed by our observation of a nestling poking its head from a hole in an epiphytic ant-plant Myrmecodia sp., attached to a paperbark tree Melaleuca cajuputi in swamp forest. The ant-plant nest was subsequently removed for measuring and to describe its characteristics.