Indian Hanging Parrot

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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.