Hanging parrot
| Hanging parrots | |
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| File:Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) 4c.jpg | |
| Blue-crowned hanging parrot | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Agapornithinae |
| Genus: | Loriculus Blyth, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Psittacus galgulus (blue-crowned hanging parrot) Linnaeus, 1758
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Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.
About 13 cm (5.1 in) long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.[1] They are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Loriculus was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the blue-crowned hanging parrot.[3][4] The name is a diminutive of the genus Lorius that was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors for the lorys in 1825.[5]
Fifteen species are recognised:[6]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Vernal hanging parrot
File:Loriculus vernalis -Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, India -male-8-1c.jpg |
Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787) |
Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Sri Lanka hanging parrot | Loriculus beryllinus (Pennant, 1781) |
Sri Lanka. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Philippine hanging parrot | Loriculus philippensis (P.L.S. Müller, 1776) |
the Philippines. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-billed hanging parrot | Loriculus bonapartei (Souancé, 1856) |
the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Camiguin hanging parrot
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Loriculus camiguinensis (Tello, Degner, Bates, JM & Willard, 2006) |
the Philippine island of Camiguin | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Blue-crowned hanging parrot
File:Loriculus galgulus -Tanglin Halt, Singapore -male-8 (2).jpg |
Loriculus galgulus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Great hanging parrot, Celebes hanging parrot | Loriculus stigmatus (Müller, 1843) |
Sulawesi | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Moluccan hanging parrot
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Loriculus amabilis (, ) |
New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Sula hanging parrot
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Loriculus sclateri Wallace, 1862 |
Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Sangihe hanging parrot | Loriculus catamene Wallace, 1863 |
Banggai and Sula Islands in Indonesia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Orange-fronted hanging parrot
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Loriculus aurantiifrons (, ) |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Bismarck hanging parrot
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Loriculus tener Schlegel, 1871 |
Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Pygmy hanging parrot, green hanging parrot
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Loriculus exilis Schlegel, 1871 |
New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Yellow-throated hanging parrot | Loriculus pusillus Gray, 1859 |
Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Wallace's hanging parrot
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Loriculus flosculus Wallace, 1864 |
e island of Flores. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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See also
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