The dusky lory ( Pseudeos fuscata) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.[Forshaw (2006). page 28.] It is found in New Guinea and the offshore islands of Batanta, Salawati and Yapen. They are also known as "banded lories" or "duskies".
Description
The dusky lory is short-tailed parrot about 25 cm (10 in) long. It is mainly brown and has a whitish back and rump. It has two colour phases; the band across the upper chest together with its abdomen are either yellow or orange. The
beak is dark orange and there is an area of bare orange skin at the base of its lower mandible. The irises are red and the legs are grey. The male and females are identical in external appearance. Juveniles are duller with a yellowish back and rump, yellowish-grey irises, and a beak that is yellow at the base and brown/black towards the tip.
[Forshaw (2006). plate 8.]
Range and habitat
The dusky lory's native range includes
New Guinea below about 2500m in both the
(West Papua), and Papua New Guinean zones of the island. It is also native to the nearby Indonesian islands of
Salawati and
Yapen.
Its natural are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove , and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Photographs showing plumage colours
Pseudeos fuscata IMG 1859.JPG|The back and rump of the adult is white
Dusky Lory (Pseudeos fuscata) -on branch at Buffalo Zoo.jpg|Side (yellow phase)
PseudeosFuscataCZ.jpg|Side (orange phase)
Pseudeos fuscata-20051118.jpg|Front (orange phase)
Pseudeos fuscata -Woburn Safari Park-5.jpg|Drinking from a cup of nectar at Woburn Safari Park
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