THE State Government has halted investigations into claims a north Queensland man found a new parrot species and its official ornithologist has stopped work on a scientific paper about the bird.

Ingham-based cinematographer and wildlife consultant John Young said the huge flap over the so-called blue-fronted fig parrot had turned his life into a nightmare.

Allegations quickly surfaced that his photographs of the bird, unveiled to a stunned bird-watching community last November, were faked.

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