4. Duivenbode Lory

Common names

English: Brown Lory
Dutch: Duivenbodei Lori
German: Braunlori
French: Lori De Duivenbodeii

Distribution

Endemic to north new guinea.

Description

Unusual and striking “bumble bee” colors. Olive brown on back and wings. Yellow forehead and band of yellow spreading from lores and around the lower beak and throat to resemble a well-trimmed beard. Bend of wing and under wing, inner thighs and base of some chest feathers yellow, beak and leggs are black, iris brown and rump is violet-blue.

Maturity: 3 – 3 ½ years
Length: 31cm
Weight: 200 – 250g

Call

Loud two-toned call, also a screech witch is not persistent

Eggs: 2 eggs
Incubation: 24 – 25 days
Ring size: 7.5 – 8.5mm
Fledging: About 10 weeks

3. Cardinal Lory

Common names

Dutch: Kardinal Lori
German: Kardinallori
French: Lori Cardinale

Distribution

The northwest isdand of New Ireland and New Hanover and the Solomon Islands

Description

Feathered in varying shades of red, dark almost rusty chocolate on the back and wings. Front feathers appear scalloped, having buff edges and giving it a less sleek appearance then most Lories. Grey-black peri-orbital skin and ruff-like neck feathers. Almost like a Duivenbode’s Lory with a beard like group of darker feathers around the beak. Which is orange near the base. Iris Dark, legs grey, tail fanned in flight.

Maturity: 3-3 ½ years
Length: 31-32cm
Weight: 200-250g

Call

Loud, high pitched shriek.

Eggs: 2
Incubation: 24-25 days
Ring size: 7.5-8.5mm
Fledging: About 10 weeks

2. Rajah Lory

Common Names

Synonym Red-quilled Lori
Dutch Rajahlori
German Sammetlori
French Lori Rajah

Distribution

Northwest New Guinea, Amberpon and the Onin Bomberai Peninsulas.

Description

A lot like the Black Lory but with more red feathering, especially on the forehead, lores, cheeks and under wing coverts. The color deepens with age. Varyingly red quills appear through the black plumage. Bases of some feathers are red on the throat and upper chest with a blue patch on the rump. Violet on the bend of the wing. Red coloring distinguishes it from the black Lory, Witch lack all red (except in some young) and from Bernstein’s Lory. Rajah’s are very secure in the wild, very few of them have been kept in aviaries and been bred.

Maturity 3-3 ½ years
Length 32cm (12 ½ inch)
Weight 200-250g (7-9oz)

Call

Depending on the individual, but can be loud in bursts.

Eggs 2
Incubation about 25 days
Ring size 7.5-8.5mm ( 3/8inch )
Fledging 12 weeks

1. Black Lorie

Common Names

Dutch Zwarte Lori
German Schwarzlori
French Lori noir

Distribution

Batanta, salawati, northwest New Guinea

Description

Black, large and majestic. If closer, examination is almost glistening in a good light. Underside of tail red and yellow, slight bluish trace on the rump, beak, legs and peri-orbital skin (In adults) Black. Iris variable brown. Young blacks may show a little bit of red. Almost identical to the Rajah lorry, but lacking the red.

Maturity 3-3 ½ years
Length 32cm (12 ½ inch)
Weight 200-250g (7-9oz)

Call

These Lories can produce a high piercing call. The calls come in short intimate bursts.

Habitat

The black Lorie has a big appetite. Wild caught lories are usually shy. Black Lories breeds and settles well in aviaries.

Eggs 2.

incubation 25-26 days
Ring size 7.5-8.5mm (3/8 inch)
Fledging about 12 weeks