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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Indian Hanging Parrot

From Nature - Animals
Indian Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
Seen in Virajpet, Madikeri.

High canopy fliers, these birds are seen flying swiftly in small flocks accompanied by a shrill trisyllabic bat-like squeak chi-chi-chee repeated every couple of seconds or so. These birds possess one very unorthodox peculiarity, unique among Indian birds, that of sleeping at night hanging upside down like a bat.

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