The Sangihe hanging parrot (''Loriculus catamene'') is a small (length: 12–13.5 cm)

parrot Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...

endemic to the small island of Sangihe, north of

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. This is an arboreal parrot. It is predominantly green, with a red throat patch, rump, elongated uppertail-coverts and tip of tail. In 2009 this parrot was downlisted from Endangered to

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because although it has a very small range within which there has been extensive

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and fragmentation, it apparently remains common in degraded and cultivated habitats and there is no evidence of a continuing decline. The current population is estimated at between 10,000 and 46,000 individuals.

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Sangihe hanging parrot Endemic birds of Sangihe Parrots of Asia Near threatened animals Near threatened biota of Asia Sangihe hanging parrot {{parrot-stub