Hanging parrot

Taxobox
name = Hanging parrots


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image_caption = Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Psittacinae
tribus = Psittaculini
genus = "Loriculus"
genus_authority = Blyth, 1850
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "see main text"The hanging parrots are birds in the parrot genus " Loriculus ". This is a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.

These little parrots, about 13 cm (5 in) long, are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.cite book |first = David| last = Alderton | title = The ultimate encyclopedia of caged and aviary birds | isbn = 184309164X |pages= p. 214| publisher = Hermes House |location = London, England | year = 2003] These parrots are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.

pecies

*Vernal Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus vernalis"
*Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus beryllinus"
*Colasisi, "Loriculus philippensis" (or Philippine Hanging Parrot)
*Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus galgulus"
*Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus stigmatus", (also called Celebes Hanging Parrot)
*Sula Hanging-parrot, "Loriculus sclateri"
*Moluccan Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus amabilis"
*Sangihe Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus catamene"
*Papuan Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus aurantiifrons"
*Green-fronted Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus tener"
*Red-billed Hanging-parrot, "Loriculus exilis" (or Pygmy Hanging Parrot)
*Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus pusillus"
*Wallace's Hanging Parrot, "Loriculus flosculus"
*Camiguin Hanging-parrot, "Loriculus camiguinensis"

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