Hanging parrots | |
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Blue-crowned hanging parrot | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Subfamily: | Agapornithinae |
Genus: | Loriculus Blyth, 1849 |
Type species | |
Psittacus galgulus (blue-crowned hanging parrot) Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
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Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.
About 13 cm (5.1 in) long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.[1] They are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down.[2]
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