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Short description: Species of bird

Moluccan hanging parrot
LoriculusAmabilisKeulemans.jpg
Illustration by Keulemans, 1891
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species:
L. amabilis
Binomial name
Loriculus amabilis
Wallace, 1862

The Moluccan hanging parrot (Loriculus amabilis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest and nearby habitats on Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai in Indonesia. It has sometimes included the Sula hanging parrot as a subspecies, but the two are increasingly treated as separate species based on their distinct differences in plumage and size (11 cm for the Moluccan hanging parrot versus 14 cm for the Sula hanging parrot).[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Loriculus amabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22732102A95042705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732102A95042705.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22732102/95042705. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Collar, N. J. (2007). Taxonomic notes on some insular Loriculus hanging-parrots. Bull. B.O.C. 127(2): 97-107.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1085297 entry