Lorius
| Lorius | |
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| Black-capped lory | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Loriinae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: |
Lorius Vigors, 1825 |
| Species | |
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Lorius is a genus of lorikeet in the parrot family Psittaculidae. The genus contains six species that are distributed from the Moluccas in Indonesia through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. They have characteristic red plumage with varying amounts of blue (and in some yellow and white), green wings, and in all but one species a black crown. The bills are orange and the feet are grey.
It contains the following species and subspecies:
Lorius Vigors 1825
Turn around video of the male Lorius lory viridicrissalis De Beaufort, 1909. Museum specimen, syntype, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Turn around video of the female Lorius lory viridicrissalis De Beaufort, 1909. Museum specimen, syntype, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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