Purple-bellied Lory - Citizendia

Purple-bellied Lory

Perching on a hat

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 hypoinochrous

Binomial name

Lorius hypoinochrous
Gray, 1859

The Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. George Robert Gray FRS ( July 8, 1808 - May 6, 1872) was an English zoologist and Author and 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 endemic to Papua New Guinea. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Papua New Guinea (or ˈpæpjuːə in Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. 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 Montane is a biogeographic term which refers to highland areas located below the Subalpine zone

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Lorius hypoinochrous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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