Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Psittaciformes
Familia: Psittacidae
Subfamilia: Loriinae
Genus: Lorius
Species: L. albidinuchus - L. chlorocercus - L. domicella - L. garrulus - L. hypoinochrous - L. lory

Name

Lorius Vigors, 1825

References

* Zool.J. 2 p.400

Lorius is a genus of lorikeet in the parrot family Psittacidae. 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 bills is orange and the feet are grey.

Taxonomy

It contains the following species and subspecies:[1]

Lorius Vigors 1825

* Lorius garrulus (Linnaeus 1758) - Chattering Lory
o Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus Salvadori 1877
o Lorius garrulus garrulus (Linnaeus 1758)
o Lorius garrulus morotaianus (Bemmel 1940)
* Lorius domicella (Linnaeus 1758) - Purple-naped Lory
* Lorius lory' (Linnaeus 1758) - Black-capped Lory
o Lorius lory cyanauchen (Muller, S 1841)
o Lorius lory erythrothorax Salvadori 1877
o Lorius lory jobiensis (Meyer, AB 1874)
o Lorius lory lory (Linnaeus 1758)
o Lorius lory salvadorii Meyer, AB 1891
o Lorius lory somu (Diamond 1967)
o Lorius lory viridicrissalis Beaufort 1909
* Lorius hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859 - Purple-bellied Lory
o Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus Hartert 1898
o Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous Gray, GR 1859
o Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert 1918
* Lorius albidinucha (Rothschild & Hartert 1924) - White-naped Lory
* Lorius chlorocercus Gould 1856 - Yellow-bibbed Lory

References

1. ^ a b "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022)". www.zoonomen.net. 2009-03-28. http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Forshaw (2006). plate 17.
3. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius garrulus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
4. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius chlorocercus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
5. ^ a b c Forshaw (2006). plate 16.
6. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius lory. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
7. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius hypoinochrous. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
8. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius albidinucha. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.
9. ^ "Species factsheet: Lorius domicella". BirdLife International (2008). http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1358&m=0. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
10. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Lorius domicella. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 December 2009.

[edit] Cited texts

* Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691092516.