NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bismarck Hanging Parrot
Loriculus tener P. L. Sclater, 1877
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Loriculus tener
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Bismarck hanging parrot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:14:07.240582+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Loriculus tener P. L. Sclater, 1877
- Name authority
- P. L. Sclater, 1877
- Common name
- Bismarck Hanging Parrot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Loriculus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusLoriculus Blyth, 1849
- speciesLoriculus tener P. L. Sclater, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Loriculus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Moluccan Hanging ParrotLoriculus amabilis Wallace, 1862 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sri Lanka Hanging ParrotLoriculus beryllinus (J. R. Forster, 1781) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Camiguin Hanging ParrotLoriculus camiguinensis Tello, Degner, J. M. Bates & Willard, 2006 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sangihe Hanging ParrotLoriculus catamene Schlegel, 1871 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-crowned Hanging ParrotLoriculus galgulus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Hanging ParrotLoriculus stigmatus (S. Müller, 1843) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vernal Hanging ParrotLoriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-fronted Hanging ParrotLoriculus aurantiifrons Schlegel, 1871 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Hanging ParrotLoriculus exilis Schlegel, 1866 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores Hanging-parrotLoriculus flosculus Wallace, 1864 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| ColasisiLoriculus philippensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated Hanging ParrotLoriculus pusillus G. R. Gray, 1859 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Loriculus aurantiifrons tener P. L. Sclater, 1877 P. L. Sclater, 1877 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554889 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6QNY3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.