Chalcopsitta

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

Pseudeos Peters, J.L., 1935

Chalcopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae and the subfamily Loriinae. Four of the 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".

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Description

The five 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. [1]

Taxonomy

The genus Chalcopsitta was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" with the Modern Latin psitta meaning "parrot". [3] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as the black lory. [4]

Species

The genus contains five species: [5]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta, 2015-03-15 03.jpg Dusky lory Chalcopsitta fuscata New Guinea, including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea) and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
Chalcopsitta cardinalis -Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, USA -upper body-8a.jpg Cardinal lory Chalcopsitta cardinalislowlands of Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
Brown Lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei)-7.jpg Brown lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodeinorthern New Guinea
Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15 01.jpg Black lory Chalcopsitta atra Raja Ampat Islands (northwest of New Guinea) and Bird's Head Peninsula (northwest New Guinea)
Chalcopsitta sintillata - Yellow-streaked Lory at Fuengirola Zoo.jpg Yellow-streaked lory Chalcopsitta scintillatasouth New Guinea and satellites

References

  1. ↑ Forshaw (2006). plate 7.
  2. ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Nouvelles espèces ornithologiques". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 131–139 [134].
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 98. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 86.
  5. ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 7 November 2025.

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