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Lorius garrulus (Chattering Lory)

Synonyms: Psittacus garrulus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade. The race L. g. flavopalliatus is known as the yellow-backed lory.
View Wikipedia Record: Lorius garrulus

Infraspecies

Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus (Yellow-backed chattering lory)
Lorius garrulus garrulus (Chattering lory)
Lorius garrulus morotaianus (Morotai chattering lory)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Lorius garrulus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.02984
EDGE Score: 2.78002
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  143 grams
Diet [2]  Nectarivore
Diet - Nectar [2]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Maximum Longevity [1]  27 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Halmahera rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0