Green Hanging Parrot
Also known as:
Small Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Red-billed Hanging Parrot, Lilliput Hanging Parrot, Tulabula Hanging Parrot, Pygmy Hanging Parrot
Also known as:
Small Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Red-billed Hanging Parrot, Lilliput Hanging Parrot, Tulabula Hanging Parrot, Pygmy Hanging Parrot
Size:
11 cm (4.3 in)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Male-in general green in colour; red spot encircled by blue/green on throat; red rump and upper tail coverts, basally washed with yellow; green tail tipped with green/yellow. Beak red. Eye yellow. Female-as in male but red spot on throat minimal or missing. Eye brown.
Colour Juvenile:
Red on throat missing. Beak yellow/brown. Eye pale brown.
Call:
Single note calls; sad and plaintive. Contact calls are not heard from great distances.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Captive Status:
Rare
Longevity:
—
Housing:
2 x 1 x 2 m (6.5 x 3.3 x 6.5 ft) planted aviary, with easy to clean foliage. Minimum temperature 20 C (68 F), new birds 25 C (77 F).
Diet:
Fruits such as: apple and soft pear, cut into halves, pomegranate, guava and cactus fruits; berries such as: blackberries and redcurrants; figs; small seeds such as canary, soaked oats; spray millet; sponge cake and nectar; fresh branches with flowers and buds; insectivorous mixture.
Enrichment:
Provide unsprayed, flowering branches; enjoys bathing so provide overhead misters or shallow water bowls. Also provide willow, elder or saskatoon branches for stripping bark.
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
3-4
Fledging Age:
Probably 5 weeks, as in other Loriculus sp.
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
Unknown but described as uncommon to rare due to its cryptic nature. Decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Not globally threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Extensive deforestation within its elevation range in recent decades has possibly contributed to a decline. Uncommon to rare in Dumoga-Bone National Park. Generally low numbers in trade but over 2000 were reported by Indonesia in 1991; zero quotas were set after that.
Range:
Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Habitat:
Found up to 1000 m (3280 ft) in forest, woodland, coastal mangrove, around rural areas and in open country.
Wild Diet:
Feeds on fruiting figs (Ficus), nectar and blossoms.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Seen in groups of up to five individuals. Forages in the upper canopy; its crawling movements are like that of the Micropsitta or pygmy parrots. Large flocks have been seen in mangroves in May, possibly just after breeding season.
Clutch and Egg Size:
3-4 rounded eggs, 19.5 x 15.0 mm (0.8 x 0.6 in).
Breeding Season:
May breed twice in a year; February and August. Nest is usually in palm hollow.
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