Order Psittaciformes Scientific name Loriculus amabilis Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Agapornithinae | |
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Similar Orange‑fronted hanging parrot, Sula hanging parrot, Pygmy hanging parrot, Great hanging parrot, Bismarck hanging parrot |
The Moluccan hanging parrot (Loriculus amabilis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest and nearby habitats on Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia. It has sometimes included the Sula hanging parrot as a subspecies, but the two are increasingly treated as separate species based on their distinct differences in plumage and size (11 cm for the Moluccan hanging parrot versus 14 cm for the Sula hanging parrot).
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