Parrots (Psittacidae)
Orange-fronted Hanging-parrot (Loriculus aurantiifrons) - HBW 4, p. 406
French: Coryllis à front orange
German: Goldstirnpapageichen
Spanish: Lorículo Papú
Other common names: Papuan Hanging-parrot, Bat Lorikeet
Taxonomy: Loriculus aurantiifrons Schlegel, 1873, Misool.
Forms part of the L. stigmatus superspecies. Often considered to include L. tener. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aurantiifrons Schlegel, 1873 - Misool in W Papuan Is.
- batavorum Stresemann, 1913 - Waigeo in W Papuan Is, and W & NW New Guinea.
- meeki Hartert, 1895 - E New Guinea, and islands of Fergusson, Goodenough and Karkar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp batavorum)
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