page_title: Philippine hanging parrot
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Philippine hanging parrot / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: Loriculus bonapartei = Loriculus (philippensis) bonapartei
context_page_description: The Philippine hanging parrot is also widely known as the colasisi taken from its local Tagalog name, "kulasisi". It is a small parrot species of the family Psittaculidae. It includes about eleven subspecies, which are all native to only the Philippines; however, the exact taxonomy is unclear, and at least one of the subspecies might become split off and become a separate species if further research provides clarification.
  They are mainly green with areas of red, orange, yellow, and blue varying between subspecies. Only the males have a red area on their fronts, except for the population living on Camiguin, where neither male nor female have this red area. They make nests in tree holes and, unusually for a parrot, the female takes nesting material back to the nest.
context_section_description: The species or species complex was initially described by Statius Müller in 1776. The exact taxonomy listing is unclear.
  Loriculus philippensis (Statius Muller) 1776
  Loriculus philippensis apicalis Souance 1856
  Loriculus (philippensis) bonapartei Souance 1856 (Black-billed hanging parrot) - sometimes considered as a subgenus or subspecies of the L. philippensis or another species of Loriculus.
  Loriculus philippensis bournsi McGregor 1905
  Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus Sclater, PL 1872 (Cebu hanging parrot)
  Loriculus philippensis dohertyi Hartert 1906
  Loriculus philippensis mindorensis Steere 1890
  Loriculus philippensis philippensis (Statius Muller) 1776
  Loriculus philippensis regulus Souance 1856
  Loriculus philippensis siquijorensis Steere 1890
  Loriculus philippensis worcesteri Steere 1890
  ?Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis Tello, JG 2006 (Camiguin hanging parrot) - usually considered a separated species of Loriculus, L. camiguinensis
  In 2006, hanging parrots living on the island of Camiguin, off the northern coast of Mindanao, were described and thought to have a separate identity, Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis; however, more research and DNA analysis is required to clarify their taxonomy. There is also uncertainty over the taxonomy of Loriculus (philippensis) bonapartei which has been classified as a subspecies or a species in different classifications.
caption: L. p. bonapartei
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