Violet-necked Lory

Eos squamata

The Violet-necked Lory is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical mangrove forests.
Violet-necked Lory - Eos squamata These beautiful red and purple colored parrots were flying alone and in flocks at the tree tops during our bridwatching excursion in Weda, Halmahera. More details on the species here: http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/violet-necked-lory-eos-squamata https://www.parrots.org/encyclopedia/violet-necked-lory Eos squamata,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Violet-necked Lory

Appearance

The Violet-necked Lory is 27 cm long. Mostly red and blue with a blue abdomen. Extent of blue neck collar depends on subspecies. Red and black in wings. Purple-red tail.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittaculidae
GenusEos
SpeciesE. squamata
Photographed in
Indonesia
India