Hanging parrot

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Hanging parrots
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) 4c.jpg
Blue-crowned hanging parrot
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Domain: Eukaryota
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
Species

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Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.

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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

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]

Genus Loriculus Blyth, 1849 – Fifteen species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Vernal hanging parrot

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 


Sri Lanka hanging parrot

Loriculus beryllinus -Sri Lanka -adult-8.jpg

Loriculus beryllinus
(Pennant, 1781)
Sri Lanka.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Philippine hanging parrot

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Loriculus philippensis
(P.L.S. Müller, 1776)
the Philippines.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Black-billed hanging parrot

Black-billed Hanging Parrot.jpg

Loriculus bonapartei
(Souancé, 1856)
the Sulu Archipelago of the PhilippinesSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Camiguin hanging parrot


Loriculus camiguinensis
(Tello, Degner, Bates, JM & Willard, 2006)
the Philippine island of CamiguinSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
Blue-crowned hanging parrot

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 


Great hanging parrot, Celebes hanging parrot

Loriculus stigmatus, female.jpg

Loriculus stigmatus
(Müller, 1843)
SulawesiSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Moluccan hanging parrot


Loriculus amabilis
(, )
New GuineaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Sula hanging parrot


Loriculus sclateri
Wallace, 1862
Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Sangihe hanging parrot

Loriculus catamene Male - September 2024 (cropped).png

Loriculus catamene
Wallace, 1863
Banggai and Sula Islands in Indonesia.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Orange-fronted hanging parrot


Loriculus aurantiifrons
(, )
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Bismarck hanging parrot


Loriculus tener
Schlegel, 1871
Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Pygmy hanging parrot, green hanging parrot


Loriculus exilis
Schlegel, 1871
New GuineaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Yellow-throated hanging parrot

Loriculus pusillus -Java -Indonesia-6-4c (cropped).jpg

Loriculus pusillus
Gray, 1859
Indonesian islands of Java and Bali.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Wallace's hanging parrot


Loriculus flosculus
Wallace, 1864
e island of Flores.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 VU 



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