Hanging parrot 599750 223112742 2008-07-02T17:02:37Z Snowmanradio 626138 /* Species */ also known as {{Taxobox | name = Hanging parrots | image = Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) 4c.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Psittaciformes]] | familia = [[Psittacidae]] | subfamilia = [[Psittacinae]] | tribus = [[Psittaculini]] | genus = '''''Loriculus''''' | genus_authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1850 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''see main text'' }} The '''hanging parrots''' are birds in the [[parrot]] genus ''''' Loriculus '''''. This is a group of small parrots from tropical southern [[Asia]]. These little parrots, about 13 cm (5 in) long, are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed. Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.<ref name = "DA 2003">{{cite book |first = David| last = Alderton | title = The ultimate encyclopedia of caged and aviary birds | isbn = 184309164X |pages= p. 214| publisher = Hermes House |location = London, England | year = 2003}}</ref> These parrots are unique among birds for their ability to sleep upside down. ==Species== *[[Vernal Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus vernalis'' *[[Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus beryllinus'' *[[Colasisi]], ''Loriculus philippensis'' (or Philippine Hanging Parrot) *[[Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus galgulus'' *[[Sulawesi Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus stigmatus'', (also called Celebes Hanging Parrot) *[[Sula Hanging-parrot]], ''Loriculus sclateri'' *[[Moluccan Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus amabilis'' *[[Sangihe Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus catamene'' *[[Papuan Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus aurantiifrons'' *[[Green-fronted Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus tener'' *[[Red-billed Hanging-parrot]], ''Loriculus exilis'' (or Pygmy Hanging Parrot) *[[Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus pusillus'' *[[Wallace's Hanging Parrot]], ''Loriculus flosculus'' *[[Camiguin Hanging-parrot]], ''Loriculus camiguinensis'' ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Hanging parrots|*]] [[Category:Genera of birds]] {{parrot-stub}} [[fr:Loriculus]] [[id:Serindit]] [[lt:Kabančiosios papūgėlės]] [[hu:Denevérpapagáj-formák]] [[ru:Висячие попугайчики]] [[zh:短尾鹦鹉属]]