The black lory (''Chalcopsitta atra''), also known as the rajah lory or red-quilled lory, is a medium-sized, blackish

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...

with black

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, dark grey feet and long rounded tail. It has yellow and red under-tail. The sexes are similar. It is native to West Papua in Indonesia. The black

lory Loriini is a tribe of small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries. The species form a monophyletic group within the ...

is evaluated as Least Concern on

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of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of

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Description

The black lory is long and has a black bill. Its plumage is mostly black with a blue rump. Red markings on face, thighs, and tail vary between the three subspecies. Males and females are similar in external appearance.Forshaw (2006). plate 7.

Taxonomy

The species was given its formal name by the naturalist

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and natural history, naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational ...

. Scopoli did not in fact examine any specimens, but used the informal description by the explorer

Pierre Sonnerat Pierre Sonnerat (18 August 1748 – 31 March 1814) was a French naturalist, colonial administrator, writer and explorer. He described numerous species of plants and animals on his travels and is honoured in the genus ''Sonneratia'' and in other ...

published in his book ''Voyage à la Nouvelle-Guinée'' (1776). The determination was accurate enough for the name to be valid, so Scopoli is credited as the author of this taxon. Three subspecies of the black lory are recognized: ''Chalcopsitta atra'' (Scopoli, 1786) * ''Chalcopsitta atra atra'' (Scopoli, 1786), native to western

Bird's Head Peninsula The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces o ...

of the Indonesian province of West Papua, and nearby islands. * ''Chalcopsitta atra bernsteini'' Rosenberg, 1861, on the Indonesian island of

Misool Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...

. * ''Chalcopsitta atra insignis'' Oustalet, 1878, on eastern Bird's Head Peninsula, nearby islands, and the Onin and

Bomberai Peninsula Bomberai Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Bomberai), otherwise known as the Bird's Beak Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Paruh Burung), is located in the Western New Guinea region, opposite to and to the south of the Bird's Head Peninsula. To the west lies ...

s of West Papua.

References

Cited texts

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet
{{Taxonbar, from=Q260091 Chalcopsitta Birds of West Papua Birds described in 1786 Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli