Female © Charles Davies
Female © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Female © Charles Davies

Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons

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A very small parrot of lowland and foothill wooded areas. Overall green color with black, pointed, upper bill, red rump and lower throat patch. Male has yellow forehead and a pale eye, where the female has a bluish face and dark eye. Similar to pygmy-parrots, but Papuan Hanging-Parrot has a red rump. Usually seen flying quickly overhead and its voice betrays its presence. Voice, high-pitch grating calls in flight or chattering while perched.

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