Chalcopsitta

Chalcopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae and the subfamily Loriinae. All three species are native to New Guinea and western offshore islands. The name Chalcopsitta is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and psitta meaning "parrot".[1]

Chalcopsitta
Black lory at Prague Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Chalcopsitta
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Psittacus ater
Black lory
Scopoli, 1786

Description

The three species of the genus Chalcopsitta are about 31 – 32 cm (13 in) long. They have long tails, and prominent bare skin at the base of the lower mandible. Males and females have similar external appearance, and juveniles have duller plumage with more marked bare eye-rings.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Chalcopsitta was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[3] The name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" with the Modern Latin psitta meaning "parrot".[4] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as the black lory.[5]

Species

The genus contains three species:[6]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Black loryChalcopsitta atraMisool Island and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia
Brown loryChalcopsitta duivenbodeiNorthern New Guinea
Yellow-streaked loryChalcopsitta scintillataAru Islands and Southern New Guinea from Triton Bay in Papua to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea

References
  1. Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.
  2. Forshaw (2006). plate 7.
  3. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Nouvelles espèces ornithologiques". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 131–139 [134].
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 86.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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