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Ceylon Hanging Parrot
Also Known As: Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Ceylon Lorikeet
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Hanging Parrot foraging
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Did You Know?
The Ceylon Hanging Parrot will sometimes get intoxicated on palm wine!
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Loriculus
Species:
beryllinus
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 13cm (5.1 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Small green parrot with short rounded tail. Both adults-red bill, white eye; red forecrown; blue throat, less so in female; nape and mantle washed with yellow/orange; rump and upper tail coverts dark red.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but overall plumage duller; forehead green/grey; crown washed with orange; mantle green; throat faintly blue. Bill orange/brown. Eye brown.
Call: Sharp notes in flight; also squeaky, warbling notes.
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Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E179.htm&Pic=179_1.JPG
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1516&m=0
xeno-canto Asia http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
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