Chattering lory

Chattering lory

At Jurong Bird Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Lorius
Species:	L. garrulus
Binomial name
*Lorius garrulus* (Linnaeus, 1758)

The chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.

The race L. g. flavopalliatus is known as the yellow-backed lory.

Taxonomy

The species Lorius garrulus contains three subspecies:^[2]

L. g. flavopalliatus – Salvadori 1877: Yellow-backed lory, found on Kasiruta, Bacan, Obi and Mandiole Islands
L. g. garrulus – (Linnaeus, 1758): nominate, found on Halmahera, Widi and Ternate Islands
L. g. morotaianus – (van Bemmel, 1940): found on Morotai and Rau Islands

Description

The chattering lory is 30 cm (12 in) long. It is mostly red with an all-red head and an orange beak. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The wings are mainly green and the angle of the wing is yellow. Its thighs are green. The tail is tipped with dark green. It has dark grey legs. It may or may not have a yellow area on its back depending on the subspecies.^[3]

At Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Yellow-backed lorikeets
At Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
At Birdworld, England

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lorius garrulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
↑ "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022)". www.zoonomen.net. 28 March 2009.
↑ Forshaw (2006). plate 17.

Cited texts

Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09251-6.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorius garrulus.

Wikispecies has information related to: Lorius garrulus

BirdLife species factsheet for Lorius garrulus
Oriental Bird Images: Chattering Lory - Selected photos
Lorius garrulus on Avibase
Chattering lory videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
Chattering lory photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
Interactive range map of Lorius garrulus at IUCN Red List maps
Audio recordings of Chattering lory on Xeno-canto.

Lories and lorikeets (Tribe: Lorini)

Genus	Species (taxonomy note: * indicates taxa that may classified as a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet or a separate species) (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Chalcopsitta	Black lory Brown lory (or Duyvenbode's lory) Streaked lory Cardinal lory

Eos	Black-winged lory Violet-necked lory Blue-streaked lory Red-and-blue lory Red lory Blue-eared lory

Pseudeos	Dusky lory

Trichoglossus	Ornate lorikeet Pohnpei lorikeet Mindanao lorikeet (or Johnstone's lorikeet) Citrine lorikeet (or yellow-and-green lorikeet) Rainbow lorikeet Sunset Lorikeet (or scarlet-breasted lorikeet) * Leaf lorikeet (also Flores lorikeet or Weber's lorikeet) * Marigold lorikeet * Red-collared lorikeet * Scaly-breasted lorikeet Olive-headed lorikeet

Psitteuteles	Varied lorikeet Iris lorikeet Goldie's lorikeet

Lorius	Purple-bellied lory Black-capped lory (or Stresemann's lory) White-naped lory Yellow-bibbed lory Purple-naped lory Chattering lory

Phigys	Collared lory

Vini	Blue-crowned lorikeet Kuhl's lorikeet (or Rimatara lorikeet) Stephen's lorikeet (or Henderson lorikeet) Violet lorikeet (blue lorikeet or Tahitian lory) Ultramarine lorikeet Sinoto's lorikeet † ₴ Conquered lorikeet † ₴

Glossopsitta	Musk lorikeet Little lorikeet Purple-crowned lorikeet

Charmosyna	Palm lorikeet Red-chinned lorikeet Meek's lorikeet Blue-fronted lorikeet Striated lorikeet Pygmy lorikeet Red-fronted lorikeet Red-flanked lorikeet New Caledonian lorikeet Red-throated lorikeet Duchess lorikeet Fairy lorikeet Josephine's lorikeet Papuan lorikeet

Oreopsittacus	Plum-faced lorikeet

Neopsittacus	Yellow-billed lorikeet (or Musschenbroek's lorikeet) Orange-billed lorikeet (or emerald lorikeet)

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