Flores Hanging Parrot |
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Also known as: Wallace's Hanging Parrot
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Related publications: Loriculus flosculusSpecies Profile
Genus: Loriculus | Species: flosculus
Size:
12cm (4.7 in)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Male-mainly green in colour, orange tint on nape to upper mantle; red rump and upper tail coverts; long, red mark on throat; green tail tipped with pale green; outer tail feathers tipped with orange/red. Bill orange/red. Eye orange. Female-as in male, but long, red mark on throat minimal or absent. Eye brown.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adult female, but bill duller in colour.
Call:
Calls made in flight are sharp and screeching; same notes are made while perched but are softer. Also emits some hoarse, abrupt notes in display.
Listen NowMore Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
xeno-canto Wallace's Hanging Parrot, Chartier, Allen T. XC31397
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
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Related publications: Loriculus flosculusSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Rare
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
Aviary 2 x 1 x 2m (6.5 x 3.3 x 6.5 ft) or large birdroom cage with tiled surround and well-drained floor.
Diet:
Fruits such as: figs, apple, pear, banana, orange, pomegranate, mango, papaya, cactus fruits; vegetables such as: carrot, celery, green beans and peas in the pod; nectar made from: lactose-free baby cereal, honey, malt extract or molasses, mixed with filtered water and made fresh once or twice daily or, commercial lory nectar; various millet seed mixes, canary grass seed, and small amount of niger and oats (may be sprouted); millet spray (may be sprouted); softened rusk, eggfood and mealworm larvae for rearing.
Enrichment:
Enjoys bathing so provide overhead misters or shallow water bowls. Provide regular supply of fresh, unsprayed flowering, willow, or elder branches for the birds to remove the bark.
Nest Box Size:
Not recorded.
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Incubation Time:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
Not recorded.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
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The Flores Hanging Parrot was, until fairly recently, thought to be extinct due to its very small range and population.Academic Research
Related publications: Loriculus flosculusSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
3500-15,000
IUCN Red List Status:
Vulnerable
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Is threatened by the combined impacts of firewood collection, construction timber extraction and clearance for agriculture.
Range:
Flores and Rinca Islands, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia.
Habitat:
Found from 450-1000m (1312-3280 ft) in primary semi-evergreen forest. On Rinca seen in coastal moist deciduous forest. Apparently requires an abundance of fruiting figs.
Wild Diet:
Feeds on figs, fruits, nectar, buds and flowers.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Outside the breeding season birds gather in flocks of up to 20 individuals. Are easily overlooked in the canopy; noisy and conspicuous in flight.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
On Rinca nesting seen mid-April.
Related Links:
Article: First records of Wallace's Hanging Parrot from Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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