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Blue Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Tahitian Lory, Blue Lory, Tahiti Lorikeet, Indigo Lory, Kuramo (Aitutaki), Nunbird (Aitutaki)
 
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Blue Lorikeets at the San Diego Zoo, Calfornia

Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
 
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Did You Know?
The Blue Lorikeet has been recorded foraging for insects on the undersides of leaves, a behaviour quite unlike other lories and lorikeets.

Species Profile
Genus:
Vini

Species:
peruviana

Size: Adult Weight:
18cm (7 in) 31-34g (1.1-1.2 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general dark purple/blue; paler blue on long feathers of crown and occiput; white face to upper breast. Bill orange. Eye yellow/brown.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but underparts dark grey/blue, no white. Bill black. Eye dark brown.

Call: Repetitious and high-pitched. Also three syllable whistles.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E034.htm&Pic=034_1.JPG

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

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1367&m=0

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

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.