Loriinae

Introduction

The loris and loriquets belong to a subfamily close to those of the Perroquet S, Cacatoès and Perruche S.

In general, the loriquet term is used to describe the species with a long tail " conique" , whereas name lori is employed for the species having a short and round tail .

Also, much of family members Loriinae have the characteristic to be very indicators, the colors red, green and blue prevail but all the spectrum of the rainbow can be found. Certain species as the Loriquet de Swainson can carry much these colors on their feathers.

Unfortunately, we still know very little of this group because few publications are published. That is due largely to their localization distant and with the lack from enthusiasm of the observers to surely communicate their observations.

As much of birds, certain species of this group are threatened of extinction.

In Australia in the Queensland, more precisely in the Reserve of Currumbin, the loriquet is a small very familiar parrot which street on the human visitors to beg crumbs to them.

Loris and loriquets in captivity

Since the first explorers discovered the islands Moluques, people tried in vain to keep these splendid birds in captivity. However, because of their particular dietary habits, the majority of these birds succumbed quickly. It is only recently that the knowledge acquired on these birds made it possible to keep them and to even reproduce them in captivity.

It should be recalled that there is no reason to keep a bird in captivity if you are not prepared to give him a correct food as well as an adequate habitat. Many people spend enormous money sums to buy a species and save on the remainder…

Alphabetical list of the kinds

Chalcopsitta (F.) Bonaparte, 1850 - 4 species & 9 taxed
Eos (F.) Wagler 1832 - 6 species & 11 taxed
Pseudeos (F.) J.L. Peters, 1935 - 1 monotypic species
Trichoglossus (Mr.) Stephens, 1826 - 11 species & 28 taxed
Psitteuteles (Mr.) Bonaparte, 1854 - 3 species & 4 taxed
Lorius (Mr.) Vigors, 1825 - 6 species & 16 taxed
Phigys (Mr.) G.R. Gray, 1870 - 1 monotypic species
Vini (F.) Lesson, 1833 - 5 monotypic species
Glossopsitta (F.) Bonaparte, 1854 - 3 species & 4 taxed
Charmosyna (F.) Wagler 1832 - 14 species & 24
Oreopsittacus (Mr.) taxed Salvadori 1877 - 1 species & 3 taxed
Neopsittacus (Mr.) Salvadori, 1875 - 2 species & 5 taxed

List species

black Lori - Chalcopsitta will atra (Scopoli, 1786)

Chalcopsitta will atra will atra (Scopoli, 1786)
Chalcopsitta will atra bernsteini H.K.B. Rosenberg, 1861
Chalcopsitta will atra insignis Oustalet, 1878

Lori de Duyvenbode - Chalcopsitta duivenbodei Dubois, 1884

Chalcopsitta duivenbodei duivenbodei Dubois, 1884
Chalcopsitta duivenbodei syringanuchalis Neumann, 1915

Lori spark - Chalcopsitta sintillata (Temminck, 1835)

Chalcopsitta sintillata will chloroptera Salvadori, 1876
Chalcopsitta sintillata will rubrifrons G.R. Gray, 1858
Chalcopsitta sintillata sintillata (Temminck, 1835)

cardinal Lori - Chalcopsitta cardinalis (G.R. Gray, 1849)
Lori harlequin - Eos histrio (Statius Muller, 1776)

Eos histrio challengeri Salvadori, 1891
Eos histrio histrio (Statius Muller, 1776)
Eos histrio talautensis A.B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894

Lori scaled - Eos squamata (Boddaert, 1783)

Eos squamata obiensis Rothschild, 1899
Eos squamata riciniata (Bechstein, 1811)
Eos squamata squamata (Boddaert, 1783)

scarlet Lori - Eos bornea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eos bornea bornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eos bornea cyanonotha (Old-fashioned, 1818)

réticulé Lori - Eos reticulata (S. Muller, 1841)
Lori with blue cheeks - Eos cyanogenia Bonaparte, 1850
Lori masked - Eos semilarvata Bonaparte, 1850
Lori sinks - Pseudeos fuscata (Blyth, 1858)
decorated Loriquet - Trichoglossus ornatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Loriquet de Forsten or Loriquet with blue face - Trichoglossus forsteni Bonaparte, 1850

Trichoglossus forsteni djampeanus Hartert, 1897
Trichoglossus forsteni forsteni Bonaparte, 1850
Trichoglossus forsteni mitchellii G.R. Gray, 1859
Trichoglossus forsteni stresemanni Meise, 1929

Loriquet de Weber or Loriquet de Flores - Trichoglossus weberi (Buttikofer, 1894)
Loriquet d' Edward or helmeted Loriquet - Trichoglossus capistratus (Bechstein, 1811)

Trichoglossus capistratus capistratus (Bechstein, 1811)
Trichoglossus capistratus flavotectus Hellmayr, 1914
Trichoglossus capistratus fortis Hartert, 1898

Loriquet with blue head - Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
Trichoglossus haematodus deplanchii J. Verreaux & Of the Walls, 1860
Trichoglossus haematodus eyrei Mathews, 1912
Trichoglossus haematodus flavicans Cabanis & Reichenow, 1876
Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Trichoglossus haematodus intermedius Rothschild & Hartert, 1901
Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bonaparte, 1854
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)
Trichoglossus haematodus nesophilus Neumann, 1929
Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis G.R. Gray, 1858
Trichoglossus haematodus rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871
Trichoglossus haematodus septentrionalis Robinson, 1900

Loriquet with red collar - Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Loriquet eutèle - Trichoglossus euteles (Temminck, 1835)
yellow Loriquet and green - Trichoglossus flavoviridis Wallace, 1863

Trichoglossus flavoviridis flavoviridis Wallace, 1863
Trichoglossus flavoviridis meyeri Walden, 1871

Loriquet de Johnstone Trichoglossus johnstoniae Hartert, 1903
Loriquet of Ponapé Trichoglossus rubiginosus (Bonaparte, 1850)
green Loriquet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Kuhl, 1820)
vareigated Loriquet - Psitteuteles versicolor (Lear, 1831)
Loriquet iris - Psitteuteles iris (Temminck, 1835)

Psitteuteles iris iris (Temminck, 1835)
Psitteuteles iris wetterensis (Hellmayr, 1912)

Loriquet de Goldie - Psitteuteles goldiei (Sharpe, 1882)
Lori will noira - Lorius garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus Salvadori, 1877
Lorius garrulus garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lorius garrulus morotaianus (Bemmel, 1940)

Lori of the ladies - Lorius domicella (Linnaeus, 1758)
tricolor Lori or Lori with black cap - Lorius lory (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lorius lory cyanauchen (S. Muller, 1841)
Lorius lory erythrothorax Salvadori, 1877
Lorius lory jobiensis (A.B. Meyer, 1874)
Lorius lory lory (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lorius lory salvadorii A.B. Meyer, 1891
Lorius lory somu (Diamond, 1967)
Lorius lory viridicrissalis Beaufort, 1909

Lori with purple belly - Lorius hypoinochrous G.R. Gray, 1859

Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus Hartert, 1898
Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous G.R. Gray, 1859
Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert, 1918

Lori with white nape of the neck - Lorius albidinucha (Rothschild & Hartert, 1924)
Lori with yellow collar - Lorius chlorocercus Gould, 1856
Lori of the Fiji - Phigys solitarius (Suckow, 1800)
Lori fringillaire - Vini australis (Gmelin, 1788)
Lori de Kuhl - Vini kuhlii (Vigors, 1824)
Lori de Stephen - Vini stepheni (North, 1908)
blue Lori of Tahiti or Lori little nun - Vini peruviana (Statius Muller, 1776)
Lori ultramarin - Vini ultramarina (Kuhl, 1820)
Lori with red stringcourse - Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791)

Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw, 1791)
Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews, 1915

Lori with red mask - Glossopsitta pusilla (Shaw, 1790)
Lori with crown crimson - Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen, 1837)
Lori of the palm trees - Charmosyna palmarum (Gmelin, 1788)
Lori with red chin - Charmosyna rubrigularis (P.L. Sclater, 1881)
Lori de Meek - Charmosyna meeki (Rothschild & Hartert, 1901)
Lori de Buru - Charmosyna toxopei (Siebers, 1930)
Lori striated - Charmosyna multistriata (Rothschild, 1911)
Lori de Wilhelmina - Charmosyna wilhelminae (A.B. Meyer, 1874)
Lori with red face - Charmosyna rubronotata (Wallace, 1862)

Charmosyna rubronotata kordoana (A.B. Meyer, 1874)
Charmosyna rubronotata rubronotata (Wallace, 1862)

vain Lori - Charmosyna placentis (Temminck, 1835)

Charmosyna placentis intensior (Kinnear, 1928)
Charmosyna placentis ornata Mayr, 1940
Charmosyna placentis pallidior (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905)
Charmosyna placentis placentis (Temminck, 1835)
Charmosyna placentis subplacens (P.L. Sclater, 1876)

Lori with diadem - Charmosyna diadema ^† (J. Verreaux & Of the Walls, 1860)
Lori with red throat - Charmosyna aureicincta (E.L. Layard, 1875) (replaces Charmosyna amabilis E.P. Ramsay, 1875)
Lori de Margaret - Charmosyna margarethae Tristram, 1879
fairy-like Lori - Charmosyna pulchella G.R. Gray, 1859

Charmosyna pulchella pulchella G.R. Gray, 1859
Charmosyna pulchella rothschildi (Hartert, 1930)

Lori de Joséphine - Charmosyna josefinae (Finsch, 1873)

Charmosyna josefinae cyclopum Hartert, 1930
Charmosyna josefinae josefinae (Finsch, 1873)
Charmosyna josefinae sepikiana Neumann, 1922

Lori papou - Charmosyna papou (Scopoli, 1786)

Charmosyna papou goliathina Rothschild & Hartert, 1911
Charmosyna papou papou (Scopoli, 1786)
Charmosyna papou stellae A.B. Meyer, 1886
Charmosyna papou wahnesi Rothschild 1906

Lori attached - Oreopsittacus arfaki (A.B. Meyer, 1874)

Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki (A.B. Meyer, 1874)
Oreopsittacus arfaki grown Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
Oreopsittacus arfaki major Ogilvie-Grant, 1914

Lori de Musschenbroek - Neopsittacus musschenbroekii (Schlegel, 1871)

Neopsittacus musschenbroekii major Neumann, 1924
Neopsittacus musschenbroekii musschenbroekii (Schlegel, 1871)

Lori emerald - Neopsittacus pullicauda Hartert, 1896

Neopsittacus pullicauda alpinus Ogilvie-Grant, 1914
Neopsittacus pullicauda pullicauda Hartert, 1896
Neopsittacus pullicauda socialis Mayr, 1931

See too

Sources

Forshaw J.M. (2006) Parrots off the World. Year identification guides . Princeton University Near, Princeton, Oxford, 172 p.
Mario D. & Conzo G. (2004) the large book of the parrots . from Vecchi, Paris, 287 p.

Taxonomic references

List of Alan P. Peterson (Psittaciformes)

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