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Dusky Lory  

Also Known As: White-rumped Lory, Dusky-orange Lory
 
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Orange morph Dusky Lory

Credit: (c) Robert | http://www.pbase.com/robert/exotic_birds
 
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Did You Know?
The Dusky Lory roosts communally in groups of up to a thousand birds.

Species Profile
Genus:
Pseudeos

Species:
fuscata

Size: Adult Weight:
25cm (9.75 in) 140-190g (5-6.7 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults have two colour phases with varying tones; in general plumage dusty olive/brown; dull yellow crown; band on foreneck yellow or red/orange, with occasionally a second band across chest; yellow or red/orange lower breast to abdomen; buff/white back and rump; brown and yellow or red/orange underwing coverts; pair of underwing bands orange/yellow; yellow/olive tail. Bill deep orange. Skin at base of bill bare and orange. Eye red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with more extensive yellow or orange/red markings on underparts; dull buff/yellow back and rump. Bill brown/black with yellow at base. Eye yellow/grey.

Call: Calls heard as harsh and grating screeches.

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Content Sources:

Busch Gardens/Discovery Bay Adventure Camps http://www.swbg-adventurecamps.com/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/psittaciformes/dusky-lory.htm

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E011.htm&Pic=011_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=1345&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://www.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.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.