Lorius

Lorius
Black-capped Lory
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Lorini
Genus: Lorius
Vigors, 1825
Species

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Lorius is a genus of lorikeet in the parrot family Psittacidae. The genus contains six species that are distributed from the Moluccas in Indonesia through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. They have characteristic red plumage with varying amounts of blue (and in some yellow and white), green wings, and in all but one species a black crown. The bills is orange and the feet are grey.

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Taxonomy

It contains the following species and subspecies:[1]

Lorius Vigors 1825

Species details

Species of Lorius in taxonomic sequence
Common and binomial names[1] Image Description Range
Chattering Lory
(Lorius garrulus)		 30 cm (12 in) long. Mostly red with an all red head and orange beak. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The wings are green and the angle of the wing and thighs are yellow. The tail is tipped with dark green. A yellow patch on the back is variable depending on subspecies.[2] Three subspecies endemic to North Maluku of Indonesia[2][3]
Yellow-bibbed Lory
(Lorius chlorocercus)		 28 cm (11 in) long. Mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. Yellow transverse band on upper chest and a crescent-shaped black patch on each side of neck. Thighs blue.[2] Monotypic species living in the eastern Solomon Islands.[2][4]
Black-capped Lory
(Lorius lory)		 31 cm (12 in) long. Appearance varies with subspecies. Mostly red with black on top of head and bronze-green wings. Blue under-tail coverts.[5] Seven subspecies endemic to New Guinea and several Papuan islands[5][6]
Purple-bellied Lory
(Lorius hypoinochrous)		 26 cm (10 in) long. Mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. White cere. Purple thighs and underparts. The mainly red tail feathers have dark green-blue tips.[5] New Guinea[7]
White-naped Lory
(Lorius albidinucha)		 26 cm (10 in) long. Mostly red with black on top of head and white on back of neck. Green wings. Narrow yellow transverse line on each side of body below neck.[2] New Ireland, Papua New Guinea[2][8]
Purple-naped Lory
(Lorius domicella)		 28 cm (11 in) long. Mostly red with black on top of head and purple on back of neck. It has green wings, blue thighs, and a variable approximately transverse yellow band across the chest. Its tail fades to a darker red towards to tip.[2][9] Seram and Ambon Indonesia[2][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022)". www.zoonomen.net. 2009-03-28. http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Forshaw (2006). plate 17.
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius garrulus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
  4. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius chlorocercus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
  5. ^ a b c Forshaw (2006). plate 16.
  6. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius lory. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
  7. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius hypoinochrous. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
  8. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius albidinucha. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Species factsheet: Lorius domicella". BirdLife International (2008). http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1358&m=0. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 
  10. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius domicella. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.

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