Chattering Lory

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Chattering Lory
Yellow-backed Lorikeet(Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus)
Yellow-backed Lorikeet
(Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Lorius
Species: L. garrulus
Binomial name
Lorius garrulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Chattering Lory, Lorius garrulus is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered endangered, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.

The race flavopalliatus is known as the Yellow-backed Lorikeet.

Yellow-backed Lorikeets
Yellow-backed Lorikeets

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Lorius garrulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 7 January 2007. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered

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