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White-naped Lory
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White-naped Lory
Lorius albidinucha
The white-naped lory (Lorius albidinucha) is a monotypic species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
From the article White-naped lory on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The white-naped lory is 26 cm (10 in) long. It is mostly red with black on top of head and white on back of neck. It has green wings, and a narrow yellow transverse line on each side of body below neck. It has dark-grey legs. It has an orange-red beak, dark-grey eyerings, and orange-yellow pupils.
Range & habitat
It is endemic to central and southern New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species is only rarely documented, with a specific ornithological expedition to the Hans Meyer Range obtaining the first audio recordings in 2026.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 18949.