Bright Lorikeet
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Shimmer Lorikeet ( Chalcopsitta sintillata ) |
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Chalcopsitta | ||||||||||
Bonaparte , 1850 |
The gloss loris ( Chalcopsitta ) are a genus of medium-sized and slender parrots . All four species are native to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea . The name Chalcopsitta comes from the Greek, chalkos means "bronze-colored" and psitta means "parrot".
features
All four species of glossy lory are between 31 and 32 centimeters tall. They all have long tails and a piece of bared skin at the base of the lower mandible . The species show no sexual dimorphism . The young birds have duller plumage and clearly recognizable dark circles than the adult birds.
food
Their diet consists of fruits , nectar and pollen .
Internal system
The following species and subspecies belong to the genus of the glossy lory (Chalcopsitta):
- Black Lorikeet Chalcopsitta atra atra ( Scopoli , 1786)
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Brown Lorikeet Chalcopsitta duivenbodei duivenbodei ( Dubois , 1884)
- C. duivenbodei syringanuchalis ( Neumann , 1915)
- Shimmer Lorikeet Chalcopsitta sintillata sintillata ( Temminck , 1835)
- Cardinal Lorikeet Chalcopsitta cardinalis ( Gray , 1849)
source
literature
- Mike Parr and Tony Juniper (1998): Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World (Helm Identification Guides) , Yale University Press New Haven and London, ISBN 0-7136-6933-0
- James A. Jobling (1991): A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names , Oxford University Press, p. 48, ISBN 0-19-854634-3
Web links
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