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Black-winged lory

(Eos cyanogenia)

Description

The black-winged lory (Eos cyanogenia) also known as Biak red lory is a medium-sized,about 30 cm (12 in) long,long-tailed lory.It has a bright red plumage,black shoulder,red iris,an orange red bill and violet ear-patch behind eye.The underwings are red,becoming yellowish with black tips.Both sexes are similar.An Indonesian endemic,the black-winged lory is distributed to forests and coastal habitat of Biak,Numfoor,and Mios Num islands in Cenderawasih Bay,Papua.It frequents and roosts in coconut trees.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Genus:Eos
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