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Purple-bellied Lory  

Also Known As: Eastern Black-capped Lory, Louisade Lory
 
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Purple-bellied or Eastern Black-capped Lory, Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

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The Purple-bellied Lory is the only parrot with a bright, white cere (area around nostrils).

Species Profile
Genus:
Lorius

Species:
hypoinochrous

Size: Adult Weight:
26cm (10 in) 200-240g (7-8.4 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: L.h. hypoinochrous, L.h. rosselianus, L.h. devittatus

Colourization Adult: L.h. hypoinochrous: both adults in general red, paler on breast; darker red upper abdomen; black forehead and lores to occiput, glossed purple; green wings; blue/purple thighs and lower abdomen; greater underwing coverts red with black margins; underwing band yellow; red tail, widely tipped with dark blue/green. Bill coral red. Cere white. Eye orange/red. L.h. rosselianus: as in hypoinochrous, but breast same dark red as upper abdomen. L.h. devittatus: greater underwing coverts lack black margins.

Colourization Juvenile: L.h. hypoinochrous: as in adults but bill brown. Eye brown. L.h. rosselianus: as in adults. L.h. devittatus: as in adults but black margins to greater underwing coverts present in some juveniles.

Call: Calls are described as distinctively nasal in character; also mournful. More prolonged and high-pitched than that of L. lory.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E024.htm&Pic=024_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=1360&m=0

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

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.