Hanging parrot
| Hanging parrots | |
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| Blue-crowned hanging parrot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Agapornithinae |
| Genus: | Loriculus Blyth, 1849 |
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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, about 13 cm (5 in) long, are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.[1] These parrots are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.[2]
Species
- Moluccan hanging parrot, Loriculus amabilis
- Orange-fronted hanging parrot, Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Sri Lanka hanging parrot, Loriculus beryllinus
- Sangihe hanging parrot, Loriculus catamene
- Pygmy hanging parrot, Loriculus exilis (also called Green hanging parrot)
- Wallace's hanging parrot, Loriculus flosculus
- Blue-crowned hanging parrot, Loriculus galgulus
- Sula hanging parrot, Loriculus sclateri
- Great hanging parrot, Loriculus stigmatus (also called Celebes hanging parrot)
- Bismarck hanging parrot, Loriculus tener
- Philippine hanging parrot, Loriculus philippensis (or Colasisi)
- Cebu hanging parrot, Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus
- Camiguin hanging parrot, Loriculus (camiguinensis) philippensis
- Black-billed hanging parrot, Loriculus (philippensis) bonapartei
- Yellow-throated hanging parrot, Loriculus pusillus
- Vernal hanging parrot, Loriculus vernalis
See also
References
- ↑ Alderton, David (2003). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds. London, England: Hermes House. p. 214. ISBN 1-84309-164-X.
- ↑ 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.