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Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot

Parrots & Parakeets

Loriculus galgulus

Basic stats

Diet

Nectar, pollen, fruit, blossom

Habitat

Forest canopy

Range

Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

Clutch size

3–4 eggs

Incubation period

About 20 days

Size

Tiny (12cm)

Wingspan

~20cm

Weight

~25–30g

A tiny, mostly green parrot with a bright blue crown patch and red rump and throat, notable for roosting hanging upside-down, bat-like, from branches.

Feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit and blossom high in the canopy, usually detected first by its high, sharp calls as small flocks fly rapidly overhead.

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