Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot

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iBlue-crowned Hanging Parrot

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species: L. galgulus
Binomial name
Loriculus galgulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Loriculus galgulus, is a small (length: 5 inches, 13cm) parrot found in forested lowlands from Thailand to Borneo.

This common hanging parrot lays 3-4 eggs in a tree cavity.

Its diet includes flowers, buds, fruits, nuts and seeds.

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[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Loriculus galgulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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