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Hanging parrot

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Hanging parrots
Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Taxonomy

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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 name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Vernal hanging parrot

Loriculus vernalis
(Sparrman, 1787)
Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia. Size:

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 LC 


Sri Lanka hanging parrot

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

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 LC 


Philippine hanging parrot

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

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 LC 


Black-billed hanging parrot

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

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Camiguin hanging parrot


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

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Blue-crowned hanging parrot

Loriculus galgulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). Size:

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 LC 


Great hanging parrot, Celebes hanging parrot

Loriculus stigmatus
(Müller, 1843)
Sulawesi Size:

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 LC 


Moluccan hanging parrot


Loriculus amabilis
(, )
New Guinea Size:

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Sula hanging parrot


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

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Sangihe hanging parrot


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

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Orange-fronted hanging parrot


Loriculus aurantiifrons
(, )
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Bismarck hanging parrot


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

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Pygmy hanging parrot, green hanging parrot


Loriculus exilis
Schlegel, 1871
New Guinea Size:

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Yellow-throated hanging parrot

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

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Wallace's hanging parrot


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

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 VU 




See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alderton, David (2003). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds. London, England: Hermes House. p. 214. ISBN 1-84309-164-X.
  2. ^ Buckley, Francine G (1966). "Behaviour of the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus with comparative notes on the Vernal Hanging Parrot L. vernalis". Ibis. 110 (2): 145–164. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1968.tb00438.x.
  3. ^ Blyth, Edward (1849). "A supplemental note to the Catalogue of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 18, Part 2 (32): 800–821 [801].
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 256.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2022.