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Adult
Photo by martinuk
Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, October, 2009
Loriculus amabilis

Identification

11 cm. Small parrot similar to others in the region. Sexes differ.

  • Bill black
  • Front of crown and forehead bright red (male) or green (female).
  • Throat with bright red patch which is extensive (male) or reduced (female)
  • Iris pale (male) or dark (female)
  • Body including underparts, wings largely green.
  • Mantle green (male) or with an indistinct brownish patch (female)
  • Carpal edge of wing yellow and red
  • Rump and upper tail coverts bright red (tail tip appearing green)
  • Feet orangy flesh coloured

Similar species

Other hanging parrots are very similar but allopatric (Loriculus).

Distribution

Found on Halmahera and Bacan in Indonesia

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Moist lowland forest.

Behaviour

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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