The Sangihe hanging parrot (''Loriculus catamene'') is a small (length: 12–13.5 cm)

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...

endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of

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. This is an arboreal parrot. It is predominantly green, with a red throat patch, rump, elongated uppertail-coverts and tip of tail. In 2009 this parrot was downlisted from Endangered to

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because although it has a very small range within which there has been extensive

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and

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, it apparently remains common in degraded and cultivated habitats and there is no evidence of a continuing decline. The current population is estimated at between 10,000 and 46,000 individuals.

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BirdLife Species Factsheet
Sangihe hanging parrot Birds of the Sangihe Islands Endemic birds of Sulawesi Parrots of Asia Near threatened animals Near threatened biota of Asia Sangihe hanging parrot {{parrot-stub