Conservation status:
Not Threatened.
Behaviour:
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy:
- Lorius hypoinochrous G. R. Gray, 1859, Louisiade Archipelago = Sudest (Tagula) Island. Genus name formerly given as Domicella Wagler, 1832, since Lorius Boddaert, 1783, applicable to Eclectus, had priority; however, Boddaert's name was officially suppressed in 1970, leaving Lorius Vigors, 1825, as the correct name for present species and congeners. Forms a superspecies with L. garrulus, L. domicella and L. lory. Proposed species “L. amabilis” (Stresemann's Lory) probably described from an aberrant individual of present species. Three subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * devittatus Hartert, 1898 - Bismarck Archipelago, SE New Guinea, Trobriand Is, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Woodlark I. * hypoinochrous G. R. Gray, 1859 - Misima I and Tagula I (C Louisiade Archipelago). * rosselianus Rothschild & Hartert, 1918 - Rossel I (E Louisiade Archipelago).
Trophic strategy:
Includes pollen, nectar, flowers, fruit and insects.
Taxonomic name: