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Blue-eared Lory  

Also Known As: Seram Lory, Half-masked Lory
 
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Blue-eared Lory (Eos semilarvata)

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Did You Know?
A pair of Blue-eared Lories were seen in courtship in which the male made soft calls to the female and bowed to her.

Species Profile
Genus:
Eos

Species:
semilarvata

Size: Adult Weight:
24cm (9.4 in) 170g (5.9 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general dark red; purple/blue on upper cheeks to ear coverts; purple/blue band down sides of neck; black primary feathers with wide red speculum; secondary feathers red with black tips; black tertials, washed with blue; red/brown tail. Eye orange/red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but plumage in general paler and duller; pale blue only on ear coverts and under eye; scapular feathers brown/grey edged with pale blue; red abdomen with some feathers edged soft blue. Eye orange/brown.

Call: Calls made in flight loud and screechy.

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Content Sources:

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1344&m=0

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

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

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.