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Black-winged Lory  

Also Known As: Biak Red Lory, Blue-cheeked Lory
 
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Black-winged Lory, Biak Island, Indonesia

Credit: © Mehd Halaouate | http://www.indonesien.nu/indonesieneng/index.shtml
 
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Did You Know?
The island habitats where the Black-winged Lory resides have been almost completely cleared of forest, leaving this species at serious risk of extinction.

Species Profile
Genus:
Eos

Species:
cyanogenia

Size: Adult Weight:
31 cm (12.1 in) 120g (4.2 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general red; blue/purple stripe from eye to ear coverts; black upper wing coverts, scapulars and tertials; black thighs and flank patches; red underwing coverts and wide underwing band; black central tail feathers, red lateral feathers, margined with black. Bill orange/red. Eye red.

Colourization Juvenile: In general duller than adults with dusty blue/black margins to head, neck and feathers of underparts; black upper wing coverts, tinted with green. Bill orange/brown. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are shrill and abrupt; while feeding, repetitious harsh, nasal and upslurred notes.

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Content Sources:

The Lory Link http://www.kcbbs.gen.nz/lori/ar/lories.html

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E005.htm&Pic=005_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1343&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi, Grajal, 2000.

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.