Sula Hanging Parrot
Also known as:
Golden-backed Hanging Parrot, Sclater's Hanging Parrot
Also known as:
Golden-backed Hanging Parrot, Sclater's Hanging Parrot
Size:
15 cm (6 in)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
two: L.s. sclateri, L.s. ruber
Colour Adult:
L.s. sclateri: Both adults mainly green; red chin and throat; orange/yellow mantle and back; rump and upper tail coverts crimson, extending to tip of tail; red carpal edge; tail green tipped with yellow/green. Beak black. Eye pale yellow in male, brown in female.
L.s. ruber: Both adults as in sclateri, but with red mantle and back.
Colour Juvenile:
Immature has duller red areas, and orange area on back dull and ill-defined, with little or no red.
Call:
Calls are weak and high-pitched; also variously buzzy and di or trisyllabic notes that are repeated rapidly.
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, 1977.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Captive Status:
Almost unknown in captivity.
Longevity:
—
Housing:
Planted aviary 2.5 x 1.0 x 2 m (8.2 x 3.3 x 6.5 ft) outside; inside very spacious enclosure with room to fly.
Diet:
Mainly fruit such as: apple, pear, banana, figs; vegetables; store-bought or handmade lory formula; small seed mix: canary, millets, grass seed; if possible provide fruit tree branches will flowers (unsprayed); when rearing young provide softened rusk, eggfood and mealworm larvae.
Enrichment:
Provide plenty of bird-safe wood chewables (fir, pine, elder and willow) branches. Also heat sterilized pine cones, wooden block toys and vegetable tanned leather toys.
Nest Box Size:
Nest log 12 cm x 30 cm (4.7″ x 11.7″).
Clutch Size:
About 3
Fledging Age:
About 30 days.
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
Unknown; described as common. Stable.
IUCN Red List Status:
Least Concern
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Not globally threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Possible threats include habitat loss and fragmentation, and trapping.
Range:
L.s. sclateri: Taliabu, Mangole, and Sanana, Sula Islands.
L.s. ruber: Peleng, Banggai and Labobo Islands.
Habitat:
Found up to 450 m (1476 ft). Generally occurs in primary and secondary forests, mainly at forest edge; remnant tall trees in cultivated areas, plantations.
Wild Diet:
Not recorded.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Found single, in pairs or small groups. Nesting material is tucked into wing feathers to be taken to the nest during breeding. Courtship feeding has been recorded.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Possibly 3 rounded eggs, 17.0 x 14.5 mm (0.7 x 0.5 in).
Breeding Season:
Not recorded.
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