Chalcopsitta

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Chalcopsitta
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Black lory at Prague Zoo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Chalcopsitta
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Psittacus ater
Black lory
Scopoli, 1786

Chalcopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae and the subfamily Loriinae. All three species are native to New Guinea and western offshore islands. The name Chalcopsitta is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and psitta meaning "parrot". [1]

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Description

The three species of the genus Chalcopsitta are about 31  32 cm (13 in) long. They have long tails, and prominent bare skin at the base of the lower mandible. Males and females have similar external appearance, and juveniles have duller plumage with more marked bare eye-rings. [2]

Taxonomy

The genus Chalcopsitta was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" with the Modern Latin psitta meaning "parrot". [4] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as the black lory. [5]

Species

The genus contains three species: [6]

Genus Chalcopsitta Bonaparte, 1850 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Black lory

Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15 01.jpg

Chalcopsitta atra
(Scopoli, 1786)

Three subspecies
  • Chalcopsitta atra atra(Scopoli, 1786)
  • Chalcopsitta atra bernsteiniRosenberg, 1861
  • Chalcopsitta atra insignisOustalet, 1878
Misool Island and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Brown lory

Brown Lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei)-7.jpg

Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
Dubois, 1884
Northern New GuineaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Yellow-streaked lory

Chalcopsitta sintillata - Yellow-streaked Lory at Fuengirola Zoo.jpg

Chalcopsitta scintillata
(Temminck, 1835)

Three subspecies
  • C. s. chloropteraSalvadori 1876
  • C. s. rubrifronsGray, GR 1858
  • C. s. scintillata(Temminck) 1835
Aru Islands and Southern New Guinea from Triton Bay in Papua to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



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References

  1. Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN   0-19-854634-3.
  2. Forshaw (2006). plate 7.
  3. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Nouvelles espèces ornithologiques". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 131–139 [134].
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 98. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 86.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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