Black-lored Parrot
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| Tanygnathus gramineus (Gmelin, 1788) |
The Black-Lored Parrot, Tanygnathus gramineus, also known as the Buru Green Parrot, is a parrot found on the island of Buru in Indonesia. It is a 40cm green parrot with a black lore, and turquoise crown. Males have deep orange beaks, females grey-brown.
It is poorly known, being at least partly nocturnal and occupying hilly forests.
[edit] References
Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
