See main text Hanging parrots are birds in the genus Loriculus, a group of small parrots from tropical southern Asia.

About 13 cm (5.1 in) long, hanging parrots are mostly green plumaged and short-tailed.

Often head coloring helps to identify individual species.

[2] The genus Loriculus was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the blue-crowned hanging parrot.

[3][4] The name is a diminutive of the genus Lorius that was introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors for the lorys in 1825.