Orange-fronted hanging parrot

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Orange-fronted hanging parrot
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species:
L. aurantiifrons
Binomial name
Loriculus aurantiifrons
Schlegel, 1871

The orange-fronted hanging parrot or Papuan hanging parrot (Loriculus aurantiifrons) is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest in New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands. It sometimes includes the Bismarck hanging parrot as a subspecies.

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Description

Individuals are 10 cm (4 in) and 14-16 g, and sexually dimorphic. Males and females are both mainly green in color, with males having a golden yellow forecrown, and females having a blue-green forecrown and blue-green cheeks. Both sexes have a red throat patch, red rump, and yellow on the sides of the rump.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Loriculus aurantiifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22685405A93071620. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685405A93071620.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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