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Eos histrio (Red-and-blue Lory)

Synonyms: Eos historio

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-and-blue lory (Eos histrio) is a small, strikingly-colored parrot endemic to Indonesia. The species inhabits a single island, Karakelang, in the Indonesian archipelago.
View Wikipedia Record: Eos histrio

Infraspecies

Eos histrio challengeri (Nenusa red-and-blue lory)
Eos histrio histrio (Red-and-blue lory)
Eos histrio talautensis (Talaud red-and-blue lory)

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eos histrio

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.19649
EDGE Score: 3.24149
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  70 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  30 %
Clutch Size [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  15 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  12 inches (31 cm)

Ecoregions

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

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Karakelang Utara dan Selatan Wildlife Reserve 52881 Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia    

Important Bird Areas

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Karakelang Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

Prey / Diet

Sexava nubila[4]
Terminalia catappa (india almond)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pteropus conspicillatus (spectacled flying fox)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de 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
♦ 4Red-and-blue Lory, BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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