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Collared Lory

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Genus:	Phigys G R Gray 1870
Species:	P. 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 George Robert Gray FRS ( July 8, 1808 - May 6, 1872) was an English zoologist and Author and solitarius

Binomial name

Phigys solitarius
(Suckow, 1800)

The Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. 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 It is the only species in the genus Phigys and is endemic to the islands of Fiji. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य The species is sometimes considered to be in the genus Vini (Steadman 2006). Vini is a Genus of Birds endemic to the islands of the tropical Pacific.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Phigys solitarius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
Steadman D, (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7

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