Hanging parrot

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Hanging parrots
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Loriculus
Blyth, 1850
Species

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The hanging parrots are birds in the parrot genus Loriculus . This is a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.

These little parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed.

[edit] Species

  • Vernal Hanging Parrot, Loriculus vernalis
  • Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Loriculus beryllinus
  • Philippine Hanging Parrot, Loriculus philippensis
  • Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Loriculus galgulus
  • Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Loriculus stigmatus
  • Sula Hanging Parrot, Loriculus sclateri
  • Moluccan Hanging Parrot, Loriculus amabilis
  • Sangihe Hanging Parrot, Loriculus catamene
  • Papuan Hanging Parrot, Loriculus aurantiifrons
  • Green-fronted Hanging Parrot, Loriculus tener
  • Pygmy Hanging Parrot, Loriculus exilis
  • Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot, Loriculus pusillus
  • Wallace's Hanging Parrot, Loriculus flosculus
  • Camiguin Hanging-parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis