Black-billed hanging parrot | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 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]
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