Wallace’s Hanging Parrot
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Old World Parrots

Wallace’s Hanging Parrot

Loriculus flosculus

VUVulnerable Endemic to Indonesia
Family
Old World Parrots (Psittaculidae)
Order
Psittaciformes

Overview

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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Flores (western Lesser Sundas).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.