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Brown Lory  

Also Known As: Duivenbode's Lory
 
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Brown or Duivenbode’s Lory preening tail feathers

Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
 
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Did You Know?
The Brown Lory is one of only two species of parrot that are predominently brown, the other being the Dusky Lory.

Species Profile
Genus:
Chalcopsitta

Species:
duivenbodei

Size: Adult Weight:
31 cm (12.1 in) 200-230g (7-8 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: C. d. duivenbodei, C. d. syringanuchalis

Colourization Adult:
Dark brown feathers; yellow forecrown, chin, thighs, under-wing converts, innerwebs of primary feathers and bend of wing; also purple rump and black bill. Eye orange/red. C.d. duivenbodei: body dark olive/brown, forehead and face yellow; feathers of breast margined yellow, bend of wing, thighs and underwing covers orange/yellow; yellow markings on outer tail feathers in male. C.d. syringanuchalis: darker brown head and back; often with purple sheen.

Colourization Juvenile:
C.d. duivenbodei: yellow less bright and less extensive on face and bend of wing; neck feathers brown; white bare skin around eye and lower jaw. C.d. syringanuchalis: as in adult.

Call: Harsh, some musical tones, with different hissing and screeching.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E001.htm&Pic=001_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=1336&m=0

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 and Cooper, 1977, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.