Alternative names: Streaked Lory; Yellowish-streaked Lory; Greater Streaked Lory
- Chalcopsitta scintillata
Identification
31 cm (12¼ in)
- Green overall plumage
- Black bill and bare orbital skin
- Red lores, forehead and crown
- Yellow streaks on underparts
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in Indonesia, Moluccas
Australasia: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are three subspecies[1]:
- C. s. rubrifrons: wider, more orange streaking on browner breast
- Aru Islands
- C. s. scintillata:
- South New Guinea (Triton Bay to lower Fly River)
- C. s. chloroptera: mostly green underwing coverts and lighter body with narrower streaking
- Upper Fly River to south-eastern Papua New Guinea .
Habitat
Lowland savanna, montane and secondary forests, mangroves, sago swamps and coconut plantations.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of nectar and pollen.
Breeding
They nest in tree hollows about 24 m above ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-streaked Lory. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-streaked_Lory
