Sangihe Hanging-Parrot
Loriculus catamene
A tiny, green, very short-tailed parrot restricted to Sangihe Island. Mostly bright green with a red rump, upper tail, and throat in both sexes. Male differs from female in having a red forehead patch and a pale eye. Singles or pairs occur in forest, forest edge, and plantations in both lowlands and foothills. The only tiny, short-tailed parrot on the island. Calls include a very high-pitched “zeet” and repeated “tzew-tzew-tzew.”
Identification
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.
Taxonomy
Genus: Loriculus; Family: Psittaculidae; Order: Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Loriculus catamene
- Authority
- Schlegel, 1871
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Loriculus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
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