Yellowish-streaked Lory

Yellowish-streaked Lory
Yellowish-streaked Lory
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Lorini
Genus: Chalcopsitta
Species: C. sintillata
Binomial name
Chalcopsitta sintillata
Temminck, 1835

The Yellowish-streaked Lory (Chalcopsitta sintillata), also known as the Streaked Lory or Yellow-streaked Lory, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.

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Distribution and habitat

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Taxonomy

The Yellowish-streaked Lory species contains three subspecies:[1]

  • Chalcopsitta sintillata (Temminck) 1835
    • Chalcopsitta sintillata chloroptera Salvadori 1876
    • Chalcopsitta sintillata rubrifrons Gray,GR 1858
    • Chalcopsitta sintillata sintillata (Temminck) 1835

References

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  • BirdLife International (2008). Chalcopsitta sintillata. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 April 2009.

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