Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
A small parrot found in forested
lowlands...eats flowers, buds,
fruits, nuts, and seeds.
Loriculus galgulus
(L 5.1")
Sepilok Nature Resort
02Aug2018
© Okamoto
Keita Sin
xeno-canto
Loriculus refers to the
Indomalayan hanging
parrots; galgulus in Latin
means a small bird that
sleeps hanging by its feet
as mentioned by Pliny.
I know of only one bird—the
parrot—that talks; and it
can’t fly very high.
(Wilbur Wright)