Parrots (Psittacidae)
Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) - HBW 4, p. 349
French: Lori à ventre violet
German: Schwarzsteißlori
Spanish: Lori Ventrivinoso
Other common names: Eastern Black-capped Lory
Taxonomy: Lorius hypoinochrous G. R. Gray, 1859, Louisiade Archipelago = Sudest (Tagula) Island.
Genus name formerly given as Domicella Wagler, 1832, since Lorius Boddaert, 1783, applicable to Eclectus, had priority; however, Boddaert's name was officially suppressed in 1970, leaving Lorius Vigors, 1825, as the correct name for present species and congeners. Forms a superspecies with L. garrulus, L. domicella and L. lory. Proposed species “L. amabilis” (Stresemann's Lory) probably described from an aberrant individual of present species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- devittatus Hartert, 1898 - Bismarck Archipelago, SE New Guinea, Trobriand Is, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Woodlark I.
- hypoinochrous G. R. Gray, 1859 - Misima I and Tagula I (C Louisiade Archipelago).
- rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert, 1918 - Rossel I (E Louisiade Archipelago).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched, stretching wings and a leg and moving away Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
Two birds perched, one of them resting Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding at a feeder. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 29 sec 3 -
A bird calling in a tree above Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago (ssp devittatus)
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 2.5 -
A bird feeding in a flowering tree Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago (ssp devittatus)
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 2.5
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Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 20 October 2007 2 years ago 4
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Several birds calling Locality New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
Keith Blomerley 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4.3
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