Purple-bellied Lory

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Purple-bellied Lory
At Walsrode Bird Park, Germany
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Lorius
Species: L. hypoinochrous
Binomial name
Lorius hypoinochrous
Gray, 1859

The Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Description

The Purple-bellied Lory is 26 cm (10 in) long. It is mostly red with black on top of head, green wings, and purple underparts. Its thighs are purple and its legs are dark grey. Its tail is red with dark green-blue at the tip. It's cere is white. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The three subspecies differ with slightly different plumage colours.[2]

Taxonomy

The species contains three subspecies:[3]

  • Lorius hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859
    • Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus Hartert 1898
    • Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859
    • Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert 1918

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