Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot
Loriculus beryllinus
Least concern
Stand-in photo: Hafiz Issadeen, CC BY 2.0
Look again
It sleeps hanging upside down like a bat. Look up into the flowering trees, and then look again at what you took for a leaf.
Field marks
A tiny green parrot with a red crown and rump and an orange wash on the nape.
Family
Psittaculidae
Group
Parrots
Habitat
Dry-zone forest, Gardens and forest edges, Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Kitulgala, Sinharaja, Kandy
Length
About 13 cm
IUCN status
Least concern
