Orange-fronted Hanging-parrot
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The Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot or Papuan Hanging Parrot (Loriculus aurantiifrons) is a small species of parrot
in the Psittacidae family.
It is endemic to forest in New Guinea
and adjacent smaller islands. It sometimes includes the Bismarck Hanging Parrot as a subspecies
.
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
in the Psittacidae family.
It is endemic to forest in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and adjacent smaller islands. It sometimes includes the Bismarck Hanging Parrot as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
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External links
- World Parrot Trust Parrot Encyclopedia - Species Profiles