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Revision as of 15:39, 28 June 2014
- Loriculus camiguinensis
Identification
14cm
- Green plumage
- Yellow-green breast and abdomen
- Red forehead, crown, lower back and upper tail coverts
- Orange/red nape band
- Blue cheeks, greater underwing coverts and undertail
- Orange bill
- Grey-brown iris
Female: less blue on cheeks.
Distribution
Endemic to Camiguin, Philippines.
Taxonomy
A recently described species. Monotypic.
Habitat
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar, seeds, soft fruit, berries and blossoms.
Breeding
They nest in holes in dead tree-ferns.
Vocalisation
Call: a quickly repeated tziit-tziit-tziit.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- World Parrot Trust
- Oriental Bird Club
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Camiguin Hanging Parrot. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Camiguin_Hanging_Parrot
