Green Hanging Parrot

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Species Profile

Genus: Loriculus | Species: exilis

Size:

11cm (4.3 in)

Weight:

Not recorded.

Subspecies including nominate:

one

Colour Adult:

Male-in general green in colour; red spot encircled by blue/green on throat; red rump and upper tail coverts, basally washed with yellow; green tail tipped with green/yellow. Bill red. Eye yellow.  Female-as in male but red spot on throat minimal or missing. Eye brown.

Colour Juvenile:

Red on throat missing. Bill yellow/brown. Eye pale brown.

Call:

Single note calls; sad and plaintive. Contact calls are not heard from great distances.

More Information:

Avibase

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Green Hanging Parrot feeding
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Species Care

Captive Status:

Rare

Longevity:

Not recorded.

Housing:

2 x 1 x 2m (6.5 x 3.3 x 6.5 ft) planted aviary, with easy to clean foliage. Minimum temperature 20C (68 F), new birds 25C (77 F).

Diet:

Fruits such as: apple and soft pear, cut into halves, pomegranate, guava and cactus fruits; berries such as: blackberries and redcurrants; figs; small seeds such as canary, soaked oats; spray millet; sponge cake and nectar; fresh branches with flowers and buds; insectivorous mixture.

Enrichment:

Provide unsprayed, flowering branches; enjoys bathing so provide overhead misters or shallow water bowls. Also provide willow, elder or saskatoon branches for stripping bark.

Nest Box Size:

Not recorded.

Clutch Size:

3-4

Incubation Time:

Probably 20 days, as in other Loriculus sp.

Fledging Age:

Probably 5 weeks, as in other Loriculus sp.

Hatch Weight:

Not recorded.

Peak Weight:

Not recorded.

Weaning Weight:

Not recorded.

Green Hanging Parrot feeding
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Hanging parrots hang upside down when roosting.

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Species Wild Status

World Population:

Unknown, decreasing.

IUCN Red List Status:

Least Concern

CITES Listing:

Appendix II

Threat Summary:

Not globally threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Extensive deforestation within its elevation range in recent decades has possibly contributed to a decline. Uncommon to rare in Dumoga-Bone National Park. Generally low numbers in trade, but over 2000 reported by Indonesia in 1991; zero quotas were set after that.

Range:

Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Habitat:

Found up to 1000m (3280 ft) in forest, woodland, coastal mangrove, around rural areas and in open country.

Wild Diet:

Feeds on fruiting figs (Ficus), nectar and blossoms.

Ecology and Behaviour:

Seen in groups of up to five individuals. Forages in the upper canopy; its crawling movements are like that of the Micropsitta or pygmy parrots. Large flocks have been seen in mangroves in May, possibly just after breeding season.

Clutch and Egg Size:

3-4 rounded eggs, 19.5 x 15.0mm (0.8 x 0.6 in).

Breeding Season:

May breed twice in a year; February and August. Nest is usually in palm hollow.

Green Hanging Parrot feeding
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Hanging parrots hang upside down when roosting.

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Related publications: Loriculus exilis

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