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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Aves
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Order:
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Psittaciformes
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Superfamily:
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Psittacoidea
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Family:
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Psittaculidae
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Subfamily:
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Loriinae
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Tribe:
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Loriini
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Genus:
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Chalcopsitta
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Species:
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C. atra
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Bionomial name:
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Chalcopsitta atra
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About
The Black Lory, Chalcopsitta atra also known
as Rajah Lory or Red-quilled Lory is a medium-sized,
blackish parrot with
black bill,
dark grey feet and long rounded tail. It has yellow and red under-tail. Both
sexes are similar.
The Black Lory is evaluated as Least Concern on IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Taxonomy
The Black Lory genus contains three subspecies:
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Chalcopsitta
atra (Scopoli) 1786
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Chalcopsitta
atra atra (Scopoli) 1786, native to western Bird's Head Peninsula of the Indonesian
province of West Papua, and nearby islands.
