Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectar

ForestMedium · 187 g

Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous), photo 1 — Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0

Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous), photo 2 — Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0

Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous), photo 5 — Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0

Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The purple-bellied lory is 26 cm (10 in) long. It is mostly red with black on top of head, green wings, and purple underparts. Its thighs are purple and its legs are dark grey. Its tail is red with dark green-blue at the tip. Its cere is white. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The three subspecies differ with slightly different plumage colours.

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When to see the Purple-bellied Lory

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Purple-bellied Lory

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea

About the Purple-bellied Lory

The purple-bellied lory is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found in south-east New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the d'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago, the Trobriand Islands and Woodlark Island.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-bibbed LoryLorius chlorocercusThe yellow-bibbed lory is 28 cm (11 in) long.

Chattering LoryLorius garrulusThe chattering lory is 30 cm (12 in) long. White-naped LoryLorius albidinuchaThe white-naped lory is 26 cm (10 in) long.

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