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Green-rumped Hanging Parrot  

Also Known As: Bismarck Hanging Parrot, Green-fronted Hanging Parrot
 
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Did You Know?
Hanging parrots acquired their name from their normal habit of roosting hanging from the perch by their feet, head downwards.

Species Profile
Genus:
Loriculus

Species:
tener

Size: Adult Weight:
10cm (4 in) 12g (0.4 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male-small, mostly green body; orange/red patch on throat; yellow/green rump and upper tail coverts; tail green tipped with yellow/green. Bill black. Eye yellow/white. Female-as in male but forehead, forecrown and cheeks green with green/blue wash.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with no throat patch. Brown bill. Eye pale brown.

Call: Undescribed

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E187.htm&Pic=187_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=1523&m=0

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.