Yellowish-streaked lory

Yellowish-streaked lory
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Chalcopsitta
Species: C. scintillata
Binomial name
Chalcopsitta scintillata
Temminck, 1835

The yellowish-streaked lory (Chalcopsitta scintillata), also known as the streaked lory or yellow-streaked lory, is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on New Guinea and in the Indonesian Aru Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Taxonomy

The yellowish-streaked lory species contains three subspecies:[2]

References

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