Moluccan hanging parrot

Species of bird

Moluccan hanging parrot

Illustration by Keulemans, 1891

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Family:  | Psittaculidae
Genus:  | Loriculus
Species:  |

L. amabilis

Binomial name
Loriculus amabilis

Wallace, 1862

The Moluccan hanging parrot (Loriculus amabilis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest and nearby habitats on Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia. It has sometimes included the Sula hanging parrot as a subspecies, but the two are increasingly treated as separate species based on their distinct differences in plumage and size (11 cm for the Moluccan hanging parrot versus 14 cm for the Sula hanging parrot).[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Loriculus amabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732102A95042705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732102A95042705.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. ^ Collar, N. J. (2007). Taxonomic notes on some insular Loriculus hanging-parrots. Bull. B.O.C. 127(2): 97-107.

## External links[edit]

* Oriental Bird Images: Moluccan Hanging Parrot Selected photos

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Tribus: Psittaculini

Genus|

(extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Psittinus|

* Blue-rumped parrot

Psittacella|

* Brehm's tiger parrot
* Painted tiger parrot
* Modest tiger parrot
* Madarasz's tiger parrot

Geoffroyus|

* Red-cheeked parrot (or singing parrot)
* Blue-collared parrot
* Song parrot

Prioniturus|

* Montane racket-tail
* Mindanao racket-tail
* Blue-headed racket-tail
* Green racket-tail
* Blue-crowned racket-tail
* Mindoro racket-tail
* Blue-winged racket-tail (or Sulu racket-tail)
* Yellow-breasted racket-tail
* Golden-mantled racket-tail
* Buru racket-tail

Tanygnathus|

* Great-billed parrot
* Blue-naped parrot
* Blue-backed parrot
* Black-lored parrot

Eclectus|

* Moluccan eclectus
* Sumba eclectus
* Tanimbar eclectus
* Papuan eclectus
* Oceanic eclectus † ₴ (extinct or prehistoric)

Psittacula|

* Alexandrine parakeet (or Alexandrine parrot)
* Seychelles parakeet †
* Rose-ringed parakeet (or ringnecked parakeet)
* Echo parakeet
* Newton's parakeet †
* Slaty-headed parakeet
* Grey-headed parakeet
* Plum-headed parakeet
* Blossom-headed parakeet
* Lord Derby's parakeet
* Red-breasted parakeet
* Nicobar parakeet
* Long-tailed parakeet
* Mascarene grey parakeet †

incertae sedis
(probably Psittaculini)|

* Broad-billed parrot † (genus: Lophopsittacus)
* Rodrigues parrot † (genus: Necropsittacus)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1085297
* Wikispecies: Loriculus amabilis
* BirdLife: 22732102
* BOW: mohpar1
* eBird: mohpar1
* EoL: 1177931
* GBIF: 2479374
* iNaturalist: 18971
* IRMNG: 10193808
* ITIS: 177630
* IUCN: 22732102
* NCBI: 309856
* Species+: 11187
* Xeno-canto: Loriculus-amabilis

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