Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Loriculus > Loriculus flosculusLoriculus flosculus (Wallace's Hanging Parrot; Flores Hanging-parrot)The Wallace's hanging parrot (Loriculus flosculus) also known as the Flores hanging parrot, is a small (length: 11–12 cm) parrot endemic to the island of Flores. This is an arboreal parrot. The male is predominantly green, with a red bill, a red spot on the throat, orange legs and dark red nape, bright red rump and uppertail-coverts. The female has the red on the throat reduced or absent. This parrot qualifies as Endangered as it has a very small range and population. The main threat is habitat destruction. The current population is estimated at between 2500 and 10000. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.97606 EDGE Score: 3.68408 |
Diet [1] | Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [1] | 100 % | Forages - Canopy [1] | 40 % | Forages - Mid-High [1] | 60 % |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Lesser Sundas deciduous forests |
Indonesia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Wallacea |
East Timor, Indonesia |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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