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title: "Vernal Hanging-Parrot"
description: "Loriculus vernalis — Birds. The vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) is a small parrot which is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/vernal-hanging-parrot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vernal Hanging-Parrot

> Loriculus vernalis — Birds. The vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) is a small parrot which is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Loriculus vernalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1306
- Wikidata: [Q1260153](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260153)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18974](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18974)

## Names

- en: Vernal Hanging-Parrot
- de: Frühlingspapageichen
- es: Lorículo vernal
- fr: Coryllis vernal
- nl: Indische vleermuisparkiet
- pt: Lóris-indiano
- pl: Zwisogłówka wiosenna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (820), TH (247), VN (53), KH (32), BD (19), MM (8)

## Summary

The vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) is a small parrot which is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and some other areas of Southeast Asia. It undergoes local movements, driven mainly by the availability of the fruit, seeds, buds and blossoms that make up its diet. They frequent the banyan tree for the fruit and plantain trees for the nectar from the flowers.
This is a small, mainly green hanging parrot, only 14 cm long with a short tail. The adult male has a red rump and bill, and blue throat patch. The female has a green patch. Vernal hanging parrot is a bird of dry jungle and cultivation. It…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_hanging_parrot

## Photo

![Vernal Hanging-Parrot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vernal-hanging-parrot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267609926

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/vernal-hanging-parrot?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).