Blue-eared lory

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Blue-eared lory
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Feeding at San Diego Zoo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Eos
Species:
E. semilarvata
Binomial name
Eos semilarvata
Bonaparte, 1850

The blue-eared lory (Eos semilarvata) (also known as Ceram lory, half-masked lory or Seram lory) is a parrot found only on the island of Seram in Maluku province, Indonesia.

The blue-eared lory is the smallest Eos at 24 cm long. It has a red body with blue cheeks, chin, and ear-coverts, purple-blue abdomen and undertail coverts, and black streaked wings. The adult has an orange beak with juvenile's pink.

The blue-eared lory is sometimes found in the altitude as low as 800 m, but primarily from 1600–2400 m. It feeds on flowering trees, including tree-heathers above the tree-line. The flocks are small.

A common species in its limited range, the blue-eared lory is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its population is decreasing, and has been since at least 2019. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Eos semilarvata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T22684524A156213405. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22684524A156213405.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Nandika, Dudi; Agustina, Dwi; Heinsohn, Robert; Olah, George (2021-09-30). "Wildlife Trade Influencing Natural Parrot Populations on a Biodiverse Indonesian Island". Diversity. 13 (10): 483. doi: 10.3390/d13100483 . hdl: 1885/316160 . ISSN   1424-2818.
Original drawing of the blue-eared lory Eos semilarvata 001.jpg
Original drawing of the blue-eared lory