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Black-capped Lory

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Lorius
Species:	L. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family, one of the two "traditional" families in the biological order Species Lorius is a genus of Parrot in the Psittacidae family lory

Binomial name

Lorius lory
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Black-capped Lory, Lorius lory, also known as Western Black Capped Lory or the Tricolored Lory, is a parrot found from Java through New Guinea. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known It is a colorful and relatively robust lory (31 cm). There are seven subspecies, all with green wings, red heads and body around the wing, a black cap, grey-black cere, yellow underwings, and blue legs and belly. Most also have a blue nape and mantle (area between wings on the back). The subspecies vary considerably in color:

L. l. Lory: West Papuan islands and Bird's Head Peninsula. "Bird's Head" redirects here The Bird's Head ( Indonesian Kepala Burung, Vogelkop Peninsula or Doberai Peninsula Blue of nape, mantle, and belly merge to cover most of body and are purple-blue. Red underwing coverts. Juvenile resembles erythrothorax or cyanuchen.
L. l. erythrothorax: The whole south coast of New Guinea east of Bird's Head Peninsula, and the SE north coast. Blue nape almost forms collar, blue comes halfway up belly. Yellow on wings. Blue mantle in two bands. Red underwing coverts.
L. l. somu: Southern hill districts of central New Guinea. Red mantle and nape, blue only low on belly.
L. l. salvadorii: Northwest coast of Papua New Guinea. Like erythrothorax but with blue-black underwing coverts.
L. l. viridicrissalis: Northeast coast of Western New Guinea. Like salvadorii but blue blacker everywhere.
L. l. jobiensis: Yapen and Mios Num islands. Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. Mios Num (aka Num Indonesian Pulau Mios Num) is an island of Western New Guinea, Indonesia, just west of Yapen. Like salvadorii but paler breast and mantle bands.
L. l. cyanuchen: Biak island. This page is about the island in Papua Indonesia For the language spoken there see Biak language. Black of cap meets blue of nape, single blue mantle stripe.

Inhabits the primary forest and forest edges in most lowland areas up to 1000m (sporadically to 1750m), but not monsoon forest or coconut plantations. Usually found in pairs and occasionally in groups of 10 or more. Their diet includes pollen, nectar, flowers, fruit and insects. The cyanuchen subspecies is somewhat endangered, with fewer than 5000 individuals remaining.

References

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; 1998, ISBN 0-300-07453-0.

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