Loriculus aurantiifrons
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The orange-fronted hanging parrot or Papuan hanging parrot (Loriculus aurantiifrons) is a small species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to forest in New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands. It sometimes includes the Bismarck hanging parrot as a subspecies.
Individuals are 10 cm (4 in) and 14-16 g, and sexually dimorphic. Males and females are both mainly green in color, with males having a golden yellow forecrown, and females having a blue-green forecrown and blue-green cheeks. Both sexes have a red throat patch, red rump, and yellow on the sides of the rump.
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Papua New Guinea · 2011
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Papuan Hanging-Parrot sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 151st most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Papuan Hanging-Parrot in Raja Ampat on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Papuan Hanging-Parrot sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Papuan Hanging-Parrot sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Psittacidae
The closest relatives of the Papuan Hanging-Parrot that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Psittacidae, New World and African Parrots) are Red-sided Eclectus (about 70%), Red-cheeked Parrot (about 50%) and Palm Cockatoo (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Papuan Hanging-Parrot is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (21 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
