Parrots (Psittacidae)

Red Lory (Eos bornea)

French: Lori écarlate German: Rotlori Spanish: Lori Rojo
Other common names: Moluccan/Moluccan Red(!)/Buru Lory

Taxonomy: Psittacus borneus Linnaeus, 1758, Borneo, India; error = Ambon.
All six Eos species comprise a superspecies. Various populations have been awarded separate races, on basis of purported size differences; however variability within these populations, or evidence of clines, suggests size cannot be used as a subspecific character. “E. goodfellowi” seems likely to represent immature of present species introduced to Obi. Proposed races bernsteini and rothschildi invalid, as variation is clinal. Two subspecies recognized.

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