| Hanging parrots | |
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| Blue-crowned hanging parrot | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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[edit]
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]
- Vernal hanging parrot, Loriculus vernalis
- Sri Lanka hanging parrot, Loriculus beryllinus
- Philippine hanging parrot, Loriculus philippensis
- Black-billed hanging parrot, Loriculus bonapartei
- Camiguin hanging parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis (first described in 2006)
- Blue-crowned hanging parrot, Loriculus galgulus
- Great hanging parrot, Loriculus stigmatus (also known as the Celebes hanging parrot)
- Moluccan hanging parrot, Loriculus amabilis
- Sula hanging parrot, Loriculus sclateri (split from L. amabilis)
- Sangihe hanging parrot, Loriculus catamene
- Orange-fronted hanging parrot, Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Bismarck hanging parrot, Loriculus tener
- Pygmy hanging parrot, Loriculus exilis (also known as the green hanging parrot)
- Yellow-throated hanging parrot, Loriculus pusillus
- Wallace's hanging parrot, Loriculus flosculus
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 256.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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.
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