Camiguin Hanging-parrot

Taxobox
name = Camiguin Hanging-parrot
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Loriculus"
species = "L. camiguinensis"
binomial = "Loriculus camiguinensis"
binomial_authority =

Camiguin Hanging-parrot, "Loriculus camiguinensis" is a bird species new to science described in the 2000s. It is a hanging parrot endemic only on the Philippine island of Camiguin, where its habitat is diminishing. It is mostly green with blue throat, face and thighs, and a red tail and red crown. Males and female birds look identical.

References

* [http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/311.php Newly Described Camiguin Hanging-parrot]
* [http://www.haribon.org.ph/index.php?q=node/view/346 Two new species discovered, bolster case for Philippine conservation]