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Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot

Loriculus pusillus

Near ThreatenedLegendaryEndemicFruitForestCavity nestSmall · 34 g
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 1
Photo: Enoch Cheuk · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 2
Photo: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 3
Photo: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 4
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 7
Photo: Julia Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 8
Photo: Van Heurn F.C. · CC0
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 9
Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 10
Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot

The yellow-throated hanging parrot is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. It is found in forest and adjacent habitats. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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ID tip

The yellow-throated hanging parrot is small. Its body is green, with a yellow patch on the front of its neck. Its lower back is red.

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When to see it

Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Black-billed Hanging ParrotLoriculus bonaparteiThe black-billed hanging parrot is a hanging parrot native to the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines. Sangihe Hanging Parrot (Loriculus catamene) Sangihe Hanging ParrotLoriculus catameneThe Sangihe hanging parrot is a small parrot endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sula Hanging Parrot (Loriculus sclateri) Sula Hanging ParrotLoriculus sclateriThe Sula hanging parrot is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

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