Loriculus galgulus

Coryllis with head bleue

Autres names: Loricule with blue head

The Coryllis with blue head ( Loriculus galgulus ), or Loricule with blue head is a psittacidé of the Southeast Asia. It seems to be most common of the kind.

Description

Loricule with blue head is a small bird of 12 cm to the sharp green plumage decorated by yellowish nuances on the sides and the belly. The blue crown decorating the top of the head gives him its specific name. The iris is maroon, the black nozzle and the legs dark gray. The sexual dimorphism is Net: the male indeed presents a red mark on the throat, absent in the female.

History of the species

Surface of distribution

This bird saw in the Malayan peninsula, in Singapore, in the Anamba islands, in Borneo, in the Riau archipelago, the Bangka islands and Belitung, in Sumatra and on the islands close to Denied, Siberut, Sipora and Enggano.

Subspecies

vernalis

Habitat

This bird populates the secondary forests of plains but was also observed in the cocoteraies and the gardens of the villages.

Behavior

Statute

This bird is rather common and widespread in a rather homogeneous way on all its surface of distribution.

The animal and the man

Philately

This species was represented in 1993 on a stamp of the Brunei and in 1994 on a stamp of Indonesia.

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