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Red-and-blue Lory  

Also Known As: Blue-tailed Lory, Blue-diademed Lory
 
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Red and Blue Lorikeets at Loro Parque, Tenerife

Credit: © Rosemary Low
 
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Did You Know?
Red-and-blue Lories are sometimes seen flying from one island to another across expanses of ocean.

Species Profile
Genus:
Eos

Species:
histrio

Size: Adult Weight:
31cm (12.1 in) 150-185g (5.25-6.5 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: E.h. histrio, E.h. talautensis, E.h. challengeri

Colourization Adult:
E.h. histrio: both adults mainly red in colour; wide purple/blue band on hindcrown; blue/lilac band from eye through ear coverts and sides of neck, meeting dark blue/purple of mantle and upper back; wide blue strip across chest; thighs black; undertail coverts washed blue; red/purple tail. Eye red. E.h. talautensis: both adults as in histrio but with less black on wing coverts. E.h. challengeri: both adults less blue stip on breast mixed with red; blue band from eye not extending to mantle; smaller in size.

Colourization Juvenile:
E.h. histrio: blue wash on feathers of head and breast; blue on crown reaches nape and to below eyes; less obvious breast strip; thighs dull lilac. Eye brown. E.h. talautensis: as in adults.

Call: Screeches and whistles in flight, quiet while feeding.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E008.htm&Pic=008_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=1339&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.