Sangihe hanging parrot

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.

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

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.

Female (left) and Male (right)

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.

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet