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Collared Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Collared Lory, Solitary Lory, Ruffed Lory, Fijan Lory, Kula (Fiji)
 
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Collared Lorikeet

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Did You Know?
Red feathers from the Collared Lorikeet have been used by Samoans and Tongans to decoratively edge woven mats.

Species Profile
Genus:
Phigys

Species:
solitarus

Size: Adult Weight:
20cm (7.8 in) 75-85g (2.6-3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults forehead, lores and crown dark purple, paler and more blue in the female with hindcrown washed green; elongated feathers of nape yellow/green, widely tipped with red; wings and back green, becoming yellow/green on rump; cheeks and ear coverts to throat and upper abdomen red; thighs and lower abdomen dark purple. Bill dark orange. Eye orange/red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with breast and upper abdomen faintly barred blue/purple; hindcrown and occiput dull purple, the feathers margined green red at tips minimal or absent. Bill brown. Eye pale brown.

Call: Noted as shrill and screechy two-notes, the second note drawn out more than the first. Single shriek sometimes uttered while perched.

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Content Sources:

Central Pets http://www.centralpets.com/animals/birds/parrots/prt924.html

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1363&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.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.