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Bismarck hanging parrot

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Bismarck hanging parrot
Two females
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L. tener
Binomial name
Loriculus tener
Sclater, 1877

The Bismarck hanging parrot or green-fronted hanging parrot (Loriculus tener) is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest in the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the orange-fronted hanging parrot.

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