Black-capped Lory

Taxonomy

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Psittaculidae

Genus

Lorius

eBird Code

blclor1

Subspecies (7)

• Lorius lory cyanauchen

  Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Lorius lory erythrothorax

  southern and eastern New Guinea (except for range of somu)

• Lorius lory jobiensis

  Mios Num and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Lorius lory lory

  Bird's Head Peninsula (western New Guinea), including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea)

• Lorius lory salvadorii

  northeastern New Guinea (Aitape area to Astrolabe Bay)

• Lorius lory somu

  Papua New Guinea (Fly River to Purari River)

• Lorius lory viridicrissalis

  northern New Guinea (Humboldt Bay to Mamberamo River)