Chattering lory
| Chattering lory | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Lorius |
| Species: | L. garrulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lorius garrulus | |
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Psittacus garrulus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.
The race L. g. flavopalliatus is known as the yellow-backed lory.
Taxonomy
The chattering lory was
Three subspecies are recognised:[7]
- L. g. flavopalliatus Salvadori 1877 – Yellow-backed lory, found on Kasiruta, Bacan, Obi and Mandiole Islands
- L. g. garrulus ( Islands
- L. g. morotaianus (van Bemmel, 1940) – found on Morotai and Rau Islands
Description
The chattering lory is 30 cm (12 in) long. It is mostly red with an all-red head and an orange beak. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The wings are mainly green and the angle of the wing is yellow. Its thighs are green. The tail is tipped with dark green. It has dark grey legs. It may or may not have a yellow area on its back depending on the subspecies.[8]
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Popular culture
- Since 2019, YouTube has featured a chattering yellow-backed lory named "Velvet" from his home in India.[9]
- In May 2021, a chattering lory belonging to former Capcom sound designer Hideaki Utsumi named “Gumi” became an Internet meme, with Utsumi's YouTube channel gaining over 200,000 subscribers by August.[10]
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 100.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Edwards, George (1751). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Vol. Part IV. London: Printed for the author at the College of Physicians. p. 172.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 155.
- ^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "On the arrangement of the genera of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 391-405 [400].
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ISBN 0-691-09251-6.
- ^ YouTube videos of Velvet. - accessed June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Hideaki Utsumi". YouTube. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
External links
- BirdLife species factsheet for Lorius garrulus
- "Lorius garrulus". Avibase.
- Explore Species: Chattering Lory at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Chattering lory photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Lorius garrulus at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Chattering lory on Xeno-canto.
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