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Sangihe hanging parrot

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Psittacoidea

Subfamily
  
Agapornithinae

Scientific name
  
Loriculus catamene

Higher classification
  
Hanging parrot

Order
  
Psittaciformes

Family
  
Psittaculidae

Genus
  
Loriculus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Sangihe hanging parrot orientalbirdimagesorgimagesdataloriculuscatam

Similar
  
Pygmy hanging parrot, Great hanging parrot, Moluccan hanging parrot, Orange‑fronted hanging parrot, Sula hanging parrot

The Sangihe hanging parrot (Loriculus catamene) is a small (length: 12-13.5 cm) parrot endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This is an arboreal parrot. It is predominantly green, with a red throat patch, rump, elongated uppertail-coverts and tip of tail.

In 2009 this parrot was downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened because although it has a very small range within which there has been extensive forest loss and fragmentation, it apparently remains common in degraded and cultivated habitats and there is no evidence of a continuing decline. The current population is estimated at between 10000 and 46000 individuals.

References

Sangihe hanging parrot Wikipedia