Black-billed hanging parrot

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Black-billed hanging parrot
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An escapee from the illegal wildlife trade seen Zamboanga
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species:
L. bonapartei
Binomial name
Loriculus bonapartei
Souancé, 1856

The black-billed hanging parrot (Loriculus bonapartei) is a hanging parrot native to the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines. It was formerly conspecific with the Philippine hanging parrot.

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Description and taxonomy

An illusration by John Gerrard Keulemans LoriculusBonaparteiKeulemans.jpg
An illusration by John Gerrard Keulemans

It is 14 cm long. The front of the crown of the black-billed hanging parrot is red, turning to orange and yellow on the back of the crown. The tail is green above and blue below. Most of its feathers are bright green, its bill is black and its irises are brown. [1]

It was previous conspecific with the Philippine hanging parrot but was split based on its morphological differences from its black or dark red bill and duller gray legs

This species is monotypic and has no subspecies.

Diet is not well known but pressumed to be the same as Philippine hanging parrot which feeds on flowers, bananas and figs. [2]

Habitat and conservation status

It is found in tropical moist lowland forest, forest edge, bushy areas, coconut plantations and bamboo clusters.

IUCN has yet to assess this bird but .Jolo and Sanga-Sanga are almost completely deforested with the remaining forests in Tawi-Tawi being converted into palm oil and rubber plantations. Like the Philippine hanging parrot, it is often caught for the illegal wildlife trade, with escapees recorded outside of its range in Zamboanga City. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Loriculus bonapartei (in Spanish). www.mascotarios.org
  2. Collar, Nigel; Kirwan, Guy M. (2023). "Black-billed Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus bonapartei), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.phihap11.01. ISSN   2771-3105.
  3. "Black-billed Hanging-Parrot - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. IUCN (2020-06-25). Anthracoceros montani: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22682447A178062684 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-3.rlts.t22682447a178062684.en.