Blue-crowned hanging parrot

Loriculus galgulus

The blue-crowned hanging parrot is a small ) mainly green parrot found in forested lowlands in southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, far western Java and Borneo.
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Appearance

Blue-crowned hanging parrots are mostly green and the adults have black beaks. Adult males have a blue crown, red throat, red rump, and a yellow lower back. Adult females are duller than males and lack the yellow lower back, usually lack the red throat, and the blue crown is much less noticeable. The juvenile is duller than the female, and has a grey forehead and horn-coloured beak.
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Reproduction

Blue-crowned hanging parrots nest in tree cavities.Here's a short video of a female exploring a cavity - There are usually three eggs in a clutch. The female incubates the eggs for 20 days and the chicks leave the nest about 33 days from hatching.
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Food

Its diet includes flowers, buds, fruits, nuts, and seeds.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittaculidae
GenusLoriculus
SpeciesL. galgulus