Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot

The great hanging parrot (Loriculus stigmatus), also called Celebes hanging parrot, Sulawesi hanging parrot and maroon-rumped hanging parrot, belongs to parrot in the family Psittaculidae. With a total length of approximately 15 cm, it is a small parrot. The plumage of the nominate is overall green with an indistinct yellowish tinge to the mantle, and a red chin, leading edge of the wing, rump and crown (the red crown is missing in females). (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its natural range is restricted to Sulawesi and nearby smaller islands in Indonesia, where it occurs in forest, secondary growth and tall mangrove. recent work has re-validated the subspecies croconotus from Muna and Buton Island, and quadricolor from the Togian Islands, leaving the nominate for the population on Sulawesi itself. Sulawesi Hanging Parrot likes to feed on fruit such as papaya and lichen. Sulawesi Hanging parrots nest in tree cavities. (Wikipedia, general species account).