Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986. The below information has kindly been provided by Dr.

Their diet includes pollen, nectar, flowers, fruit and insects.

Unlock thousands of full-length species accounts and hundreds of bird family overviews when you subscribe to Birds of the World. ML Media Collection Catalogue 79826 Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory), Mack, Andrew, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea, May 19 1996, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This lory is evaluated as Least Concern on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is usually found in pairs and occasionally in groups of 10 or more. Description: The Black Capped Lory is a medium sized stocky bird with a short, slightly rounded tail.. Each species account is written by leading ornithologists and provides detailed information on bird distribution, migration, habitat, diet, sounds, behavior, breeding, current population status, and conservation. All lories and lorikeets are brush-tongued parrots, an unusual branch of the psittacine family tree that is evolved to feed on the nectar from flowering trees, with a little bit of flowers, fruit, and perhaps insects on the side.

It is the second largest of the Lories. Sub-species of the Black Lory Rob Marshall, Avian Vet. 2010 edition Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Site Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977. The Black Lory (Chalcopsitta atra) is endemic to Indonesia, inhabiting open habitat and lowland forests of Western New Guinea and surrounding islands.. The black-capped lory inhabits the primary forest and forest edges in most lowland areas up to 1000m (sporadically to 1750m), but not monsoon forest or coconut plantations. Diet: Feeding a Black-capped Lory is a challenge. The Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory lory) is endemic to Waigeu, Batanta, Western Papuan Island of Misool (Maluku province), Vogelkop, Western New Guinea.. These birds typically form very strong bonds with there owners, a characteristic consistent with their wild habits of bonding only to one or two other birds.See also:Canary VarietiesThe Kea ParrotToco Toucan […]

The Black Capped Lory is a medium sized stocky bird with a short, slightly rounded tail. Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.