Lorius
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, green wings, and in all but one species a black crown. The bills are orange and the feet are grey.
Taxonomy
It contains the following species and subspecies:Lorius Vigors 1825
- Lorius garrulus - chattering lory
- *Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus Salvadori 1877
- *Lorius garrulus garrulus
- *Lorius garrulus morotaianus
- Lorius domicella - purple-naped lory
- Lorius lory - black-capped lory
- *Lorius lory cyanauchen
- *Lorius lory erythrothorax Salvadori 1877
- *Lorius lory jobiensis
- *Lorius lory lory
- *Lorius lory salvadorii Meyer, AB 1891
- *Lorius lory somu
- *Lorius lory viridicrissalis Beaufort 1909
- Lorius hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859 - purple-bellied lory
- *Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus Hartert 1898
- *Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859
- *Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert 1918
- Lorius albidinucha - white-naped lory
- Lorius chlorocercus Gould 1856 - yellow-bibbed lory
Species details
| Species of Lorius in taxonomic sequence | Species of Lorius in taxonomic sequence | Species of Lorius in taxonomic sequence | Species of Lorius in taxonomic sequence |
| Common and binomial names | Image | Description | Range |
| Chattering lory | 30 cm long. Mostly red with an all red head and orange beak. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The wings are green and the angle of the wing and thighs are yellow. The tail is tipped with dark green. A yellow patch on the back is variable depending on subspecies. | Three subspecies endemic to North Maluku of Indonesia | |
| Yellow-bibbed lory | 28 cm long. Mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. Yellow transverse band on upper chest and a crescent-shaped black patch on each side of neck. Thighs blue. | Monotypic species living in the eastern Solomon Islands. | |
| Black-capped lory | 31 cm long. Appearance varies with subspecies. Mostly red with black on top of head and bronze-green wings. Blue under-tail coverts. | Seven subspecies endemic to New Guinea and several Papuan islands | |
| Purple-bellied lory | 26 cm long. Mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. White cere. Purple thighs and underparts. The mainly red tail feathers have dark green-blue tips. | New Guinea | |
| White-naped lory | 26 cm long. Mostly red with black on top of head and white on back of neck. Green wings. Narrow yellow transverse line on each side of body below neck. | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | |
| Purple-naped lory | 28 cm long. Mostly red with black on top of head and purple on back of neck. It has green wings, blue thighs, and a variable approximately transverse yellow band across the chest. Its tail fades to a darker red towards to tip. | Seram and Ambon Indonesia |