Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFruit

ForestCavity 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: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Julia Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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 the Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

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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Easily confused with

Camiguin Hanging ParrotLoriculus camiguinensisThe Camiguin hanging parrot is a hanging parrot endemic to the Philippine island of Camiguin, where its habitat is diminishing. Bismarck Hanging ParrotLoriculus tenerBoth sexes feature a mainly green body with a bright red patch on its throat, a black beak, and yellow eyes.

Wallace's Hanging ParrotLoriculus flosculusWallace's hanging parrot also known as the Flores hanging parrot, is a small parrot endemic to the island of Flores.

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