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Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Photo: Lip Kee Yap via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot

The blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus) is a parrot species endemic to southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). These parrots are 12 cm (4.7 in) in height and weigh 28 g (0.99 oz) and have a longevity of 14 years. They are recognized by their green plumage, black beak and characteristic blue feathers arranged like a crown on their head.

Source: Blue-crowned hanging parrot on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 39 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.