The New Guinean mountain lory [1] ( lat. Oreopsittacus arfaki ) is a bird of the parrot family. Also known as Mustachioed or Blue-faced lory . The only representative of the genus Novogvineyskikh mountain Lori.
| New Guinean Mountain Lori |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Gender: | Shiny Lory ( Oreopsittacus Salvadori , 1877 ) |
| View: | New Guinean Mountain Lori |
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| International scientific name |
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Oreopsittacus arfaki ( Meyer , 1874) |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22684714 |
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The total length of the parrot is about 15 centimeters. Weight - from 16 to 23 grams. The plumage is predominantly green. On the head of males there is a bright red “hat”, and of females - green. It is she who is the main sign for determining sex, otherwise the male and female are almost identical. Under the eyes grow long feathers, the so-called "mustache", they are mauve, with a black edge along the edges. The lower covering tail feathers are reddish. A long, pointed tail serves as a rudder for this bird. A narrow periocular ring and legs are gray. The pointed beak is black or dark gray.
These nimble moving parrots live in the humid alpine forests of New Guinea , at an altitude of 2000 to 3750 meters. Mostly they prefer to stay in the upper tiers of the forest, among the crowns, where flower pollen, nectar and fruits are extracted. The menu of the New Guinean Mountain Lori also includes insects and their larvae and pupae, berries, seeds. Often they can be seen in various mixed flocks consisting of birds with a similar way of feeding. During the extraction of food from the flower, these loris firmly cling to the stem with their clawed legs and hang downside down.
During mating games, the male jumps in front of his partner in the branch, bows, screams loudly and tweets, seeking the favor of the fair sex. Very little is known about the methods of nesting and breeding the offspring of this parrot in natural conditions.
Image of a female New-Guinean Mountain Lori
Beautiful multi-color plumage and the ability to imitate the human voice and sounds around made this small parrot popular among animal lovers. Now the process of distribution and breeding of New Guinean mountain loris in captivity is actively taking place.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 123. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- Low, Rosemary. Hancock House Encyclopedia of the Lories. - Hancock House, 1998. - ISBN 0-88839-413-6 . .
