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Lorius
''Lorius'' is a genus of lory 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 beak, bills are orange and the feet are grey. With lengths of up to and average weights of , the members of this genus tend to be the largest of the Loriinae subfamily. Taxonomy The genus ''Lorius'' was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors with the purple-naped lory as the type species. The word "lory" comes from the Malay language, Malay ''lūri'', a name used for a number of species of colourful parrots. The word was used by the Dutch writer Johan Nieuhof in 1682 in a book describing his travels in the East Indies. The spelling "laurey" was used by English naturalist Eleazar Albin in 1731 for a species of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorius Garrulus
The chattering lory (''Lorius garrulus'') is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade. The race ''L. g. flavopalliatus'' is known as the yellow-backed lory. Taxonomy The chattering lory was Species description, formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Psittacus garrulus''. The specific epithet ''garrulus'' is Latin and means "chattering", "babbling" or "noisy". Linnaeus cited "The Scarlet Lory" that had been described and illustrated in 1751 by the English naturalist George Edwards (naturalist), George Edwards in his book ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds''. The specimen had been brought to London from the East Indies and Edwards was able to make a drawing of the live bird at the home of the Whigs (British political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |