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White-naped Lory Lorius albidinucha Scientific name definitions

Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017

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Field Identification

26–28 cm; 120–146 g. Mainly red, including underwing-coverts; bill reddish orange; crown above line through eye black, bordered by white inverted triangular nuchal patch; indistinct narrow yellow band across breast; wings green, with broad yellow band across underside of flight-feathers; tail broadly tipped dull green above, dusky yellow below. Immature undescribed.

Systematics History

Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

C (1) & SE New Ireland.

Habitat

Forest from 500–2000 m.

Movement

No information available.

Diet and Foraging

Fruits and flowers of a wild oil palm; seen feeding acrobatically in understorey.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Not well documented. A weak rising whistle, “schweet”, which is quite different from the harsh calls of L. hypoinochrous.

Breeding

No information available.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife NT Near Threatened
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Currently considered Near Threatened. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Common locally throughout its altitudinal range.
Distribution of the White-naped Lory - Range Map
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Distribution of the White-naped Lory

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Recommended Citation

Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). White-naped Lory (Lorius albidinucha), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whnlor2.01
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