Camiguin Hanging Parrot
Also known as:
Camiguin Colasisi
Also known as:
Camiguin Colasisi
Size:
14 cm (5.5 in)
Weight:
About 35 g.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Adults: Yellowish-green body, with red forehead and crown, red rump, some red on upper wing-coverts with diffusely duskier centres, primary feathers green; secondary and tertial feathers dusky green. Light blue face and blue underside of tail. Eye dark greyish; beak orange to orange-red; legs yellowish-horn to fleshy-orange. Distinguished from congeners by longer tail and wing, more strongly blue-washed face.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adults but has little or no red on top of head and reduced blue on cheek.
Call:
A high-pitched, rapidly repeated “tziit-tziit-tziit”.
More Information:
Content Sources:
Captive Status:
Trapped for local market.
Longevity:
—
Housing:
—
Diet:
—
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
Unknown, likely decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not Evaluated
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
As conspecific with L. philippensis.
Threat Summary:
Restricted-range species; it is found in Mindanao and the Eastern Visayas Endemic Bird Area. Is apparently rare on the island, and its conservation status appears to be highly precarious. Trapping for the local cagebird market is a significant threat.
Range:
Camiguin Sur, off N coast of Mindanao, in S Philippines.
Habitat:
Canopy in upland forest.
Wild Diet:
Feeds on nectar, seeds, particularly of wild bananas (Musa sp), also soft fruit, berries and blossoms.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Is likely sedentary. Seen singly, in pairs or in small groups of birds.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
Likely September–November. Nest is tunnel or cavity in dead tree-fern.
