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Alternative names: Sangir Hanging Parrot
- Loriculus catamene
Identification
12-13.5 cm. Predominantly green, with a red throat patch, rump, elongated uppertail-coverts and tip of tail. Orange-red undertail-coverts, tipped green. Edge of forewing yellowish-green. Bill black. Eye yellow/white. Female-green crown; red spots on forehead, and irregular red spots on throat. Eye brown. Endangered.
Distribution
Island of Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Mixed coconut groves and forest.
Behaviour
It feeds on coconut nectar.
