Bismarck Hanging Parrot

Bismarck Hanging Parrot
Bismarck Hanging Parrot
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species: L. tener
Binomial name
Loriculus tener
Sclater, 1877

The Bismarck Hanging Parrot or Green-fronted Hanging Parrot (Loriculus tener) is a small species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to forest in the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot.

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