Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot Loriculus stigmatus Scientific name definitions

15 cm. Generally green , more yellowish on underparts; bill black; forehead to front of eye and mid-crown red; nape and mantle tinged orange; throat patch red ; edge of wing red; rump and uppertail-coverts maroon; legs orange. Female lacks red on crown; throat patch often reduced. Immature similar, with throat patch yellowish and wing edge yellowish, bill and legs duller.

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Sulawesi and adjacent islands.

Inhabits primary and tall secondary lowland and hill forest, forest edge, lightly wooded cultivation and scrub, mangrove and coconut plantations, occurring from sea-level to 1000 m.

Apparently nomadic or migratory: in S Sulawesi recorded as most numerous, Oct–Dec.

Nectar from blossoms of Eugenia, flowers of Ceiba pentandra and soft fruits such as figs (Ficus) and Tamarindus.

Flight call a high-pitched thin two-noted “tzee-seee” (the second note higher-pitched) or a tripled “tzee-see-seee”. When perched, vocabulary slightly more varied, but all notes are short, quite pure and high-pitched.

Jan–Feb, Apr–Jun and Aug. Nest in hole in bamboo or broken tree-trunk . Two young recorded in nest.

Not globally threatened. CITES II. Considered widespread and common throughout range, occurring in wide variety of habitats including several extensively modified by humans.