6 thoughts on “Black-billed Hanging-parrot (Loriculus bonapartei)”
Occasional individuals have turned up in forests at Zamboanga city, presumably escapes from the pet trade. PBCFI has just done a survey of forests in Jolo and will be returning later this year. Lisa P told me that the island was covered in traps of different kinds. They did encounter BBHPs in the wild though. It will be interesting to see the actual range of species versus the range indicated above. Note PBCFI no longer gets funded by USAID owing to the Trump cuts.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 2 February 2026. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List category on this page on 2 February 2026, when discussions will re-open.
We thank contributors for their comments; the issue of escaped birds in Zamboanga is addressed already in the Geographic Range text. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2026 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classification outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 8 February 2026, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2026 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and a final decision on this species’ Red List category will be posted on this page on 16 February 2026.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Black-billed Hanging-parrot is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching thresholds under Criteria B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii).
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2026.1 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Occasional individuals have turned up in forests at Zamboanga city, presumably escapes from the pet trade. PBCFI has just done a survey of forests in Jolo and will be returning later this year. Lisa P told me that the island was covered in traps of different kinds. They did encounter BBHPs in the wild though. It will be interesting to see the actual range of species versus the range indicated above. Note PBCFI no longer gets funded by USAID owing to the Trump cuts.
pictures from population at Zamboanga city/Watershed Reservation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226353872
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220891207
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 2 February 2026. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List category on this page on 2 February 2026, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
We thank contributors for their comments; the issue of escaped birds in Zamboanga is addressed already in the Geographic Range text. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2026 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classification outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 8 February 2026, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2026 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and a final decision on this species’ Red List category will be posted on this page on 16 February 2026.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Black-billed Hanging-parrot is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching thresholds under Criteria B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii).
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2026.1 GTB Forum process. The final Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites later this year, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.