Hanging parrot
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{{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==
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