


Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
(loriculus galgulus)
Worldwide c.332 species, 5 in Borneo. Tiny green parrot with blue crown-patch and crimson bib.
Usually solitary or in pairs. Fast flying and feeds on seeds, nectar, flowers, buds and fruit.
The dextrous bill and tongue sometime use as third foot and the feet are zygodactylic (the fourth toe is reversible, both these features allowing great agility. All species are cavity nesters.
Happy birding.
Equipment use for birding
- Nikon D300
- SLIK tripod / Monfrotto ProB tripod with Monfrotto Video Head 701HDV
- Kowa Universal adapter
- Canon G9 / Nikon L16 Coolpix
- TSN603 with 45X wide angle / 20X wide angle
- Nikon Monarch 10x42
Birding Time with Good Friends
22 April 08
Late updating, few trips with Jason and CK. We had a good sight of the Whitehead Spider Hunter. They took pictures (digiscoping). Have not seen it yet.
1 comment:
What a beautiful Parrot! The colours are amazing!
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