Loriculus
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Loriculus galgalus]] (blue-crowned hanging parrot)
Translingual
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Etymology
Proper noun
Loriculus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Psittaculidae – hanging parrots, of tropical southern Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittaculidae - family; Agapornithinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Loriculus galgulus (blue-crowned hanging parrot) - type species; Loriculus amabilis, Loriculus aurantiifrons, Loriculus beryllinus, Loriculus camiguinensis, Loriculus catamene, Loriculus flosculus, Loriculus philippensis, Loriculus pusillus, Loriculus sclateri, Loriculus stigmatus, Loriculus tener, Loriculus vernalis - other species
References
Loriculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Loriculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Loriculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
