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Cardinal Lory  

 
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Cardinal Lory pet bird, Solomon Islands

Credit: © Patrick Southey
 
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The Cardinal Lory makes forays between the many islands it inhabits. It has recently been reported from Ontong Java atoll (string of small coral islands) where it was not seen previously.

Species Profile
Genus:
Chalcopsitta

Species:
cardinalis

Size: Adult Weight:
31cm (12.1 in) 175-215g (6.1-7.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general red; dull buff/yellow margins on feathers of underparts; brown/red tail. Bill red with black at base; Eye ring bare and black. Skin at base of bill black with yellow blotches. Eye orange/red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but paler red on back and wings. Bill dull orange marked with black. Eye ring grey/white. Eye dull yellow.

Call: Calls are described as distinctive; coarse, shrieking, trilling or rasping.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

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=E004.htm&Pic=004_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=1338&m=0

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.