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[[Image:2712filtered IMG 1929sm.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Taman Negara, [[Malaysia]], August 2006 ]]
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;[[:Category:Loriculus|Loriculus]] galgulus
[[Image:Blue-crowned_Hanging_Parrot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Karim Madoya]]
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==Identification==
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[[File:Blue-crowned_Hanging_Parrot_Female_JAWEE.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />[[Singapore]], 4 October 2021]]
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A small green parrot (length: 5 ins, 13cm)<br />
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The '''male''' has the blue crown, a red throat patch, red rump and a yellow-orange patch on the nape.<br />
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The '''female''' has no red throat patch, but does have a minimal blue crown and yellow-orange nape patch.  Bill is black.<br />
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'''Juveniles''' are as adult female, but with a gray forehead washed with blue; blue crown and yellow-orange nape absent; rump is green with feathers margined red. Bill is yellow-brown.
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==Distribution==
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Southern [[Thailand]], Malay Peninsula, [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]] and adjacent islands
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Sometimes kept as a cage bird, but captive status is uncommon.
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==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:Blue-crowned_Hanging_Parrot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Tg. Aru, Kota Kinabalu, [[Malaysia]], June, 2005]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Primary and secondary rainforest from the lowlands to low hills.
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==Behaviour==
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Usually seen in small groups, flying rapidly with very fast wing beats, high above the treeline.
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Feeds by hanging upside down from the branches and also hangs to sleep! Its small size and green plumage make it difficult to see.
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====Diet====
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Its diet includes flowers, buds, fruits (particularly rambutans), nuts and seeds, which it finds in the tops of tall forest trees. 
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====Breeding====
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Nesting: lays 3-4 eggs in a tree cavity.  Incubation is done by the female, who will be fed by the male; it takes about 21 days and the young fledge after 35 days.
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====Vocalisation====
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It calls frequently in flight, with a high-pitched ''dzi''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Loriculus+galgulus View more images of Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot in the gallery]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Loriculus]]

Latest revision as of 11:11, 17 November 2021

Male
Photo © by Peter Ericsson
Taman Negara, Malaysia, August 2006
Loriculus galgulus

Identification

Female
Photo © by jweeyh
Singapore, 4 October 2021

A small green parrot (length: 5 ins, 13cm)
The male has the blue crown, a red throat patch, red rump and a yellow-orange patch on the nape.
The female has no red throat patch, but does have a minimal blue crown and yellow-orange nape patch. Bill is black.
Juveniles are as adult female, but with a gray forehead washed with blue; blue crown and yellow-orange nape absent; rump is green with feathers margined red. Bill is yellow-brown.

Distribution

Southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent islands

Sometimes kept as a cage bird, but captive status is uncommon.

Taxonomy

Immature male
Photo © by Karim Madoya
Tg. Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, June, 2005

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Primary and secondary rainforest from the lowlands to low hills.

Behaviour

Usually seen in small groups, flying rapidly with very fast wing beats, high above the treeline.

Feeds by hanging upside down from the branches and also hangs to sleep! Its small size and green plumage make it difficult to see.

Diet

Its diet includes flowers, buds, fruits (particularly rambutans), nuts and seeds, which it finds in the tops of tall forest trees.

Breeding

Nesting: lays 3-4 eggs in a tree cavity. Incubation is done by the female, who will be fed by the male; it takes about 21 days and the young fledge after 35 days.

Vocalisation

It calls frequently in flight, with a high-pitched dzi.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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