Hanging parrot
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Hanging parrots
| image = Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) 4c.jpg
| image_caption = Blue-crowned hanging parrot
| taxon = Loriculus
| authority = Blyth, 1849
| type_species = Psittacus galgulus (blue-crowned hanging parrot)
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See main text
}}
Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.
About {{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.{{cite book|first = David| last = Alderton | authorlink=David Alderton | title = The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds | isbn = 1-84309-164-X |page= 214| publisher = Hermes House |location = London, England | year = 2003}} They are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.{{cite journal|last=Buckley|first=Francine G|year=1966|title=Behaviour of the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus with comparative notes on the Vernal Hanging Parrot L. vernalis|journal=Ibis|volume=110|issue=2|pages= 145–164| doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1968.tb00438.x}}
Taxonomy
The genus Loriculus was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the blue-crowned hanging parrot.{{ cite journal | last=Blyth | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Blyth | year=1849 | title=A supplemental note to the Catalogue of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum | journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal | volume=18, Part 2 | issue=32 | pages=800–821 [801] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133234 }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1937 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=3 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=256 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477971 }} The name is a diminutive of the genus Lorius that was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors for the lorys in 1825.{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=231 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n231/mode/1up }}
{{Species table |genus= Loriculus |authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1849 |species-count=Fifteen|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
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|name=Vernal hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus vernalis
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|authority-name=Sparrman |authority-year=1787 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia.
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|name=Sri Lanka hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus beryllinus
|image=File:Loriculus beryllinus -Sri Lanka -adult-8.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Pennant |authority-year=1781 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Sri Lanka.
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|name=Philippine hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus philippensis
|image=File:Colasisi.png|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=P.L.S. Müller |authority-year=1776 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= the Philippines.
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|name= Black-billed hanging parrot|binomial=Loriculus bonapartei
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|authority-name=Souancé |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines
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|name= Camiguin hanging parrot|binomial=Loriculus camiguinensis
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|authority-name=Tello, Degner, Bates, JM & Willard |authority-year=2006 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= the Philippine island of Camiguin
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|name=Blue-crowned hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus galgulus
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|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).
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|name= Great hanging parrot, Celebes hanging parrot|binomial=Loriculus stigmatus
|image=File:Loriculus stigmatus, female.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Müller |authority-year=1843 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Sulawesi
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|name=Moluccan hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus amabilis
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|range= New Guinea
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|name=Sula hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus sclateri
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|authority-name=Wallace |authority-year=1862 |authority-not-original=
|range= Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia.
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|name=Sangihe hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus catamene
|image= File:Loriculus catamene Male - September 2024 (cropped).png |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Wallace |authority-year=1863 |authority-not-original=
|range= Banggai and Sula Islands in Indonesia.
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|name=Orange-fronted hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus aurantiifrons
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|name=Bismarck hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus tener
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|authority-name=Schlegel|authority-year= 1871 |authority-not-original=
|range= Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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|name=Pygmy hanging parrot, green hanging parrot|binomial=Loriculus exilis
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|authority-name=Schlegel |authority-year= 1871|authority-not-original=
|range= New Guinea
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{{Species table/row
|name=Yellow-throated hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus pusillus
|image=File:Loriculus pusillus -Java -Indonesia-6-4c (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gray |authority-year=1859 |authority-not-original=
|range= Indonesian islands of Java and Bali.
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|name=Wallace's hanging parrot |binomial=Loriculus flosculus
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|authority-name=Wallace |authority-year= 1864|authority-not-original=
|range= e island of Flores.
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See also
References
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