Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Indian Hanging Parrot or Vernal Hanging Parrot

Loriculus vernalis

Description:

Colourization Adult: Male-small green parrot with blue patch on throat; red rump and uppertail coverts. Bill soft red. Eye white. Female-as in male but blue on throat minimal or absent. Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but forehead and cheeks dull grey/green; blue on throat absent; rump dull red washed with green. Bill pale orange. Eye brown Call: Squeaky and high-pitched in flight or at rest; also sharp and shrill notes. Feeding in silence with occasional soft chuckli

Habitat:

Found up to 1800m (5904 ft). Occurs in a variety of areas such as evergreen and deciduous forest, forest edge, clearings, secondary growth forest, brush, bamboo thickets, orchards and overgrown cultivated areas.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

AbhishekLotankar
Spotted by
AbhishekLotankar

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Sep 3, 2011
Submitted on Sep 27, 2011

Related Spottings

Indian Hanging Parrot Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Vernal Hanging Parrot Philippine hanging parrot

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Spotting Spotting Spotting
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team