Blue-crowned lorikeet
Blue-crowned lorikeet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Genus: | Vini |
Species: | V. australis
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Binomial name | |
Vini australis (Gmelin, 1788)
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The blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis), also known as the blue-crowned lory, blue-crested lory, Solomon lory or Samoan lory, is a parrot found throughout the Lau Islands (Fiji), Tonga, Samoa, Niue and adjacent islands, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, , Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, , Niue, Ofu, Olosega, Samoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, , Vavaʻu, and . It is a 19 cm green lorikeet with a red throat, blue crown, and belly patch shading from red at the top to purple at the bottom.
It is still common, but declining on some islands, apparently from predation by rats. They frequent areas with flowering trees, including coconut plantations and gardens, usually in small flocks of less than about 15 individuals or in pairs during breeding season. It eats nectar, pollen and soft fruits, especially wild hibiscus and coconut. The blue-crowned lory nests in holes in trees, but may also dig burrows in earth banks.
- Segavao, (Samoa)
- Henga, (Tonga)
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Vini australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
- Forshaw (2006) Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide; ISBN 0-691-09251-6.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Lorini
- Vini
- Lau Islands
- Birds of Tonga
- Birds of Samoa
- Wallis and Futuna
- Birds of Niue
- Birds described in 1788
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
- Parrot stubs