Purple-naped Lory

Taxobox
name = Purple-naped Lory
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Lorius"
species = "L. domicella"
binomial = "Lorius domicella"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Purple-naped Lory, "Lorius domicella" is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to the islands of Seram, Ambon, and perhaps also Haruku and Saparua, South Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/regional/caribbean/factsheet.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1358&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]