| Dusky lory | |
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| A dusky lory atGembira Loka Zoo, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Pseudeos |
| Species: | P. fuscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudeos fuscata (Blyth, 1858) | |
Thedusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata) is a species ofparrot in the familyPsittaculidae.[2] Alternative common names are thewhite-rumped lory or thedusky-orange lory.[3] It is found inNew Guinea and the offshore islands ofBatanta,Salawati andYapen. They are also known as "banded lories" or "duskies".
The dusky lory is short-tailed parrot about 25 cm (10 in) long. It is mainly brown and has a whitish back and rump. It has two colour phases; the band across the upper chest together with its abdomen are either yellow or orange. Thebeak is dark orange and there is an area of bare orange skin at the base of its lower mandible. The irises are red and the legs are grey. The male and females are identical in external appearance. Juveniles are duller with a yellowish back and rump, yellowish-grey irises, and a beak that is yellow at the base and brown/black towards the tip.[4]
The dusky lory's nativerange includesNew Guinea below about 2500m in both theIndonesian (West Papua), andPapua New Guinean zones of the island. It is also native to the nearby Indonesian islands ofSalawati andYapen.[3]
Its naturalhabitats aresubtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropicalmangroveforests, and subtropical or tropical moistmontane forest.
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