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Blue-crowned Lory  

Also Known As: Blue-crowned Lory, Blue-crested Lory, Samoan Lory, Segavao (Samoa), Hengehenga (Tonga)
 
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Blue-crowned Lory perched

Credit: © Dr. Paddy Ryan | http://www.ryanphotographic.com/
 
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Usually nests in trees but also will dig burrows in banks, although nesting sites are not confirmed in these.

Species Profile
Genus:
Vini

Species:
australis

Size: Adult Weight:
19cm (7.4in) 47-52g (1.6-1.8 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Small mostly green parrot, red on throat and abdomen, blue-streaked feathers on crown, dark orange bill, yellow eye, blue/purple thighs.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with less red on face and throat, little or no abdominal patch, shorter blue streaking on crown, no purple/blue on thighs, eye brown.

Call: Shrill, high-pitched and creaky, described as a screech or whistle, while feeding or in flight.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lorinae.com http://www.loriinae.com/Vini%20Lories%20and%20Breeding%20the%20Blue-crowned%20Lory.pdfSan Diego Zoo

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1364&m=0

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

Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.