Blue-eared lory | |
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Feeding at San Diego Zoo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Genus: | Eos |
Species: |
E. semilarvata
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Binomial name | |
Eos semilarvata Bonaparte, 1850 |
The blue-eared lory (Eos semilarvata) (also known as Ceram lory, half-masked loryorSeram lory) is a parrot found only on the island of SeraminMaluku province, Indonesia.
The blue-eared lory is the smallest Eos at 24 cm long. It has a red body with blue cheeks, chin, and ear-coverts, purple-blue abdomen and undertail coverts, and black streaked wings. The adult has an orange beak with juvenile's pink.
The blue-eared lory is sometimes found in the altitude as low as 800 m, but primarily from 1600–2400 m. It feeds on flowering trees, including tree-heathers above the tree-line. The flocks are small.
A common species in its limited range, the blue-eared lory is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its population is decreasing, and has been since at least 2019.[2]
Lories and lorikeets (Tribe: Loriini)
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Genus |
Species (taxonomy note: * indicates taxa that may classified as a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet or a separate species) |
Chalcopsitta |
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Eos |
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Pseudeos |
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Trichoglossus |
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Saudareos |
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Psitteuteles |
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Glossoptilus |
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Lorius |
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Vini |
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Glossopsitta |
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Parvipsitta |
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Charmosyna |
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Charminetta |
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Hypocharmosyna |
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Charmosynopsis |
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Synorhacma |
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Charmosynoides |
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Neopsittacus |
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Eos semilarvata |
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