Lorius garrulus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Psittaciformes

Familia: Psittaculidae
Genus: Lorius
Species: Lorius garrulus
Name

Lorius garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Original combination: Psittacus garrulus

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 100. Open access Reference page.
IUCN: Lorius garrulus (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names
català: Cotorra cridanera
čeština: lori žlutohřbetý
dansk: Gulskuldret Lori
Deutsch: Prachtlori
English: Chattering Lory
español: Lori gárrulo
eesti: rohepüks-nestepapagoi
euskara: Lorius garrulus
suomi: lörppöluri
français: Lori noira
עברית: לורי פטפטן
magyar: sárgaköpenyes lóri
Bahasa Indonesia: Kasturi Ternate
italiano: Lori garrulo
日本語: ショウジョウインコ, shoujouinko
Nederlands: Molukkenlori
norsk: Skvaldrelori
polski: dama gwarliwa
português: Lóris-amor-amor
русский: Желтоспинный широкохвостый лори
slovenčina: lori žltochrbtý
svenska: snatterlorikit
తెలుగు: ఛాట్టరింగ్ లోరీ
Türkçe: Geveze lori
中文: 噪鹦鹉

The chattering lory (Lorius garrulus) is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.

The race L. g. flavopalliatus is known as the yellow-backed lory.
Taxonomy

The chattering lory was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Psittacus garrulus.[2] The specific epithet garrulus is Latin and means "chattering", "babbling" or "noisy".[3] Linnaeus cited "The Scarlet Lory" that had been described and illustrated in 1751 by the English naturalist George Edwards in his book A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. The specimen had been brought to London from the East Indies and Edwards was able to make a drawing of the live bird at the home of the Whig politician Robert Walpole.[4] Linnaeus designated the species locality as "Asia", but this is now taken to be the island of Halmahera in the Maluku Islands.[5] The chattering lory is now placed in the genus Lorius that was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors.[6][7]

Three subspecies are recognised:[7]

L. g. flavopalliatus Salvadori 1877 – Yellow-backed lory, found on Kasiruta, Bacan, Obi and Mandiole Islands
L. g. garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758) – nominate, found on Halmahera, Widi and Ternate Islands
L. g. morotaianus (van Bemmel, 1940) – found on Morotai and Rau Islands

Description

The chattering lory is 30 cm (12 in) long. It is mostly red with an all-red head and an orange beak. The eyerings are grey and the irises are orange-red. The wings are mainly green and the angle of the wing is yellow. Its thighs are green. The tail is tipped with dark green. It has dark grey legs. It may or may not have a yellow area on its back depending on the subspecies.[8]

Popular culture

Since 2019, YouTube has featured a chattering yellow-backed lory named "Velvet" from his home in India.[9]
In May 2021, a chattering lory belonging to former Capcom sound designer Hideaki Utsumi named “Gumi” became an Internet meme, with Utsumi's YouTube channel gaining over 200,000 subscribers by August.[10]

References

BirdLife International (2017). "Lorius garrulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22684581A117219105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22684581A117219105.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 100.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Edwards, George (1751). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Vol. Part IV. London: Printed for the author at the College of Physicians. p. 172.
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 155.
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "On the arrangement of the genera of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 391-405 [400].
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. Plate 17. ISBN 0-691-09251-6.
YouTube videos of Velvet. - accessed June 17, 2021.
"Hideaki Utsumi". YouTube. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.