Chalcopsitta

Chalcopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae and the subfamily Loriinae. All three species are native to New Guinea and western offshore islands. The name Chalcopsitta is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and psitta meaning "parrot".^[1]

Chalcopsitta
Black lory at Prague Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Chalcopsitta Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Psittacus ater Black lory Scopoli, 1786

Description

The three species of the genus Chalcopsitta are about 31 – 32 cm (13 in) long. They have long tails, and prominent bare skin at the base of the lower mandible. Males and females have similar external appearance, and juveniles have duller plumage with more marked bare eye-rings.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Chalcopsitta was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.^[3] The name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" with the Modern Latin psitta meaning "parrot".^[4] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as the black lory.^[5]

Species

The genus contains three species:^[6]

Genus Chalcopsitta – Bonaparte, 1850 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Black lory	Chalcopsitta atra (Scopoli, 1786) Three subspecies Chalcopsitta atra atra (Scopoli, 1786) Chalcopsitta atra bernsteini Rosenberg, 1861 Chalcopsitta atra insignis Oustalet, 1878	Misool Island and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Brown lory	Chalcopsitta duivenbodei Dubois, 1884	Northern New Guinea	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-streaked lory	Chalcopsitta scintillata (Temminck, 1835) Three subspecies C. s. chloroptera Salvadori 1876 C. s. rubrifrons Gray, GR 1858 C. s. scintillata (Temminck) 1835	Aru Islands and Southern New Guinea from Triton Bay in Papua to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC