Hanging parrots | |
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Blue-crowned hanging parrot | |
Scientific classification | |
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.
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]
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 | Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787) | Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Sri Lanka hanging parrot | Loriculus beryllinus (Pennant, 1781) | Sri Lanka. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Philippine hanging parrot | Loriculus philippensis (P.L.S. Müller, 1776) | the Philippines. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Black-billed hanging parrot | Loriculus bonapartei (Souancé, 1856) | the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Camiguin hanging parrot | Loriculus camiguinensis (Tello, Degner, Bates, JM & Willard, 2006) | the Philippine island of Camiguin | Size: Habitat: Diet: | |
Blue-crowned hanging parrot | 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 (Müller, 1843) | Sulawesi | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Moluccan hanging parrot | Loriculus amabilis (, ) | New Guinea | Size: 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 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 Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Yellow-throated hanging parrot | 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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