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Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot  

Also Known As: Javan Hanging Parrot, Little Hanging Parrot
 
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Juvenile Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot

Credit: © Stefan Behrens
 
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Did You Know?
Hanging Parrots acquired their name because they normally hang upside down while roosting, head facing downwards.

Species Profile
Genus:
Loriculus

Species:
pusillus

Size: Adult Weight:
12cm (4.7 in) Probably 25-30g (0.9-1 oz).

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green; yellow tint to mantle; red rump and tail coverts; orange/yellow mark on throat, minimal in female. Bill orange. Eye yellow/white.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female but with little or no yellow on throat. Bill yellow/brown. Eye pale brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are shrill and high-pitched. Also squeaky chattering while feeding.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E186.htm&Pic=186_1.JPG

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1525&m=0

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.