Hanging parrot

Short description: Genus of birds

Hanger parrots

Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Scientific 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

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 (alsoknown 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

* Parrotlet
* Pygmy parrot
* Fig parrot

## References

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]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133234.
4. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 256. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477971.
5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n231/mode/1up.
6. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/parrots/. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

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