Yellow-throated hanging parrot

Yellow-throated hanging parrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Agapornithinae
Genus: Loriculus
Species: L. pusillus
Binomial name
Loriculus pusillus
Gray, 1859

The yellow-throated hanging parrot (Loriculus pusillus) is a small species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. It is found in forest and adjacent habitats. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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