Bismarck Hanging Parrot

Loriculus tener

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestCavity nestTiny · 12 g

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Both sexes feature a mainly green body with a bright red patch on its throat, a black beak, and yellow eyes. Males have a yellow/green rump with a yellow tail. Females feature green cheeks (along with males) but, have a slight green/blue wash. Juvenile birds have no throat patches, and have a brown beak and eyes.

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When to see the Bismarck Hanging Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bismarck Hanging Parrot

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia, Indonesia.

About the Bismarck Hanging Parrot

The Bismarck hanging parrot or green-fronted hanging parrot is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest in the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the orange-fronted hanging parrot.

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