Hanging parrots
Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Agapornithinae
Genus: Loriculus
Blyth, 1849
Type species
Psittacus galgulus (blue-crowned hanging parrot)
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.

About 13 cm (5.1 in) long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.[1] They are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Loriculus was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the blue-crowned hanging parrot.[3][4] The name is a diminutive of the genus Lorius that was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors for the lorys in 1825.[5]

Fifteen species are recognised:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Alderton, David (2003). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds. London, England: Hermes House. p. 214. ISBN 1-84309-164-X.
  2. ^ Buckley, Francine G (1966). "Behaviour of the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus with comparative notes on the Vernal Hanging Parrot L. vernalis". Ibis. 110 (2): 145–164. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1968.tb00438.x.
  3. ^ Blyth, Edward (1849). "A supplemental note to the Catalogue of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 18, Part 2 (32): 800–821 [801].
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 256.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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