Английская Википедия:Hanging parrot
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Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.
About Шаблон:Convert 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]
Taxonomy
The genus Loriculus was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the blue-crowned hanging parrot.[3][4] The name is a diminutive of the genus Lorius that was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors for the lorys in 1825.[5]
Fifteen species are recognised:[6]
- Vernal hanging parrot, Loriculus vernalis
- Sri Lanka hanging parrot, Loriculus beryllinus
- Philippine hanging parrot, Loriculus philippensis
- Black-billed hanging parrot, Loriculus bonapartei
- Camiguin hanging parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis (first described in 2006)
- Blue-crowned hanging parrot, Loriculus galgulus
- Great hanging parrot, Loriculus stigmatus (also known as the Celebes hanging parrot)
- Moluccan hanging parrot, Loriculus amabilis
- Sula hanging parrot, Loriculus sclateri (split from L. amabilis)
- Sangihe hanging parrot, Loriculus catamene
- Orange-fronted hanging parrot, Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Bismarck hanging parrot, Loriculus tener
- Pygmy hanging parrot, Loriculus exilis (also known as the green hanging parrot)
- Yellow-throated hanging parrot, Loriculus pusillus
- Wallace's hanging parrot, Loriculus flosculus
See also
References
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