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Black-winged Lory

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Eos
Species:	E. 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 A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve 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 Eos is a Genus of Parrots belonging to the Loriinae subfamily cyanogenia

Binomial name

Eos cyanogenia
Bonaparte, 1850

The Black-winged Lory, Eos cyanogenia also known as Biak Red Lory is a medium-sized, up to 30 cm (12 in) long, long-tailed lory. Charles Lucien (Carlo Jules Laurent Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano ( May 24, 1803 &ndash July 29, 1857) was a French It has a bright red plumage, black shoulder, red iris, an orange red bill and violet ear-patch behind eye. The iris consists of Pigmented Fibrovascular tissue known as a stroma. Anatomy Stegosaurus --> Beaks can vary significantly in size and shape from species to species The underwings are red, becoming yellowish with black tips. Both sexes are similar.

An Indonesian endemic, the Black-winged Lory is distributed to forests and coastal habitat of Biak, Numfor, Manim and Mios Num islands in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. This article is a parent page for a series of articles providing information about Endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones This page is about the island in Papua Indonesia For the language spoken there see Biak language. Cenderawasih Bay (Teluk Cenderawasih formerly Geelvink Bay (Geelvinkbaai is a large bay in northern Province of Papua and West Papua, New Guinea Papua is the largest province of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands (see also It frequents and roosts in coconut trees. The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family

Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and hunted in some areas, the Black-winged Lory is evaluated as Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. CITES (the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments drafted

Black-winged Lory

References

BirdLife International (2004). Eos cyanogenia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 16 November 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable

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