Sangihe hanging parrot

Species of bird

Sangihe hanging parrot
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Loriculus
Species:
L. catamene
Binomial name
Loriculus catamene
Schlegel, 1871

The Sangihe hanging parrot (Loriculus catamene) is a small (length: 12–13.5 cm) parrot endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This is an arboreal parrot. It is predominantly green, with a red throat patch, rump, elongated uppertail-coverts and tip of tail.

In 2009 this parrot was downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened because although it has a very small range within which there has been extensive forest loss and fragmentation, it apparently remains common in degraded and cultivated habitats and there is no evidence of a continuing decline. The current population is estimated at between 10,000 and 46,000 individuals.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Loriculus catamene". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22685399A93071371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22685399A93071371.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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Tribus: Psittaculini
Genus
(extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)
PsittinusPsittacellaGeoffroyusPrioniturusTanygnathusEclectusPsittaculaincertae sedis
(probably Psittaculini)
Taxon identifiers
Loriculus catamene


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