Identification
This is a small, mainly green hanging
parrot, only 14 cm long with a short tail. The adult has a red crown,
rump and bill, and an orange tint to its back. Immature birds lack the
orange hue to the back, have a duller rump, and have only a hint of
orange on the crown
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Behaviour
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot is less
gregarious than some of its relatives, and is usually alone or in small
groups outside the breeding season. Its flight is swift and direct, and
the call is a sharp whistled twiwittwit..twitwitwit. The lorikeet is a
convivial little bird, delighting in juicy fruits, the nectar of flowers
(especially red cotton), and the juice of palms collected in
toddy-drawers’ pots. Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot is a bird of open forest.
It is strictly arboreal, never descending to the ground. It nests in
holes in trees, laying 2-3 white eggs in the first half of the year, and
sometimes again in July-September. Its breeding habits are highly
remarkable.
Locations
Forrest, gardens. Breeding Ground is mostly around the Country. Common.
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