Camiguin hanging parrot
The Camiguin hanging parrot (Loriculus camiguinensis) is a hanging parrot endemic to the Philippine island of Camiguin, where its habitat is diminishing. The taxonomy of this population of parrots on Camiguin is uncertain.
Camiguin hanging parrot | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Genus: | Loriculus |
Species: | L. camiguinensis |
Binomial name | |
Loriculus camiguinensis Tello, Degner, Bates & Willard, 2006 | |
Description
The Camiguin hanging parrot is mostly green with blue throat, face and thighs, and a red tail and red crown. Males and female birds look identical, which is unusual for a hanging parrot native to the Philippines. Only the males of all the other populations living on other islands have a red area on their fronts.
Taxonomy
In 2006, the hanging parrots living on the island of Camiguin, off the northern coast of Mindanao, were described as a separate species than the Philippine hanging parrot (Loriculus philippensis). However, more research and DNA analysis is required to clarify their taxonomy.[1][2]
References
- BirdLife International 2008. Loriculus philippensis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Arndt, Thomas (2006). "A new hanging parrot from Camiguin Island, Philippines" (PDF). BirdingASIA. 5: 55–58.