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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Lorius lory
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- Lorius lory
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- Lorius lory
- taxon common name
- lóri-de-barrete-preto
- egg incubation period
- 24
- short name
- L. lory
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Encyclopedic overview
The black-capped lory (Lorius lory) also known as western black-capped lory or the tricolored lory, is a parrot found in New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands. It is a colourful and relatively robust lory (31 cm (12 in)). There are seven subspecies, all with green wings, red heads and body around the wing, a black cap, grey-black cere, yellow underwings, and blue legs and belly. Most also have a blue nape and mantle (area between wings on the back). It remains overall widespread and common, but the subspecies cyanuchen is relatively rare, with fewer than 5,000 individuals remaining.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black-capped Lory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.