Loriinae

Lories and lorikeets (tribe Loriini) are small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.^{[citation needed]} The species form a monophyletic group within the parrot family Psittacidae.

Traditionally, they were considered a separate subfamily (Loriinae) from the other subfamily (Psittacinae) based on the specialized characteristics, but recent molecular and morphological studies show that the group is positioned in the middle of various other groups. They are widely distributed throughout the Australasian region, including south-eastern Asia, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Australia, and the majority have very brightly coloured plumage.

Black Lory

Black Lory is one of the rarities of the parrot world, a nearly 100% black bird. The under tail is red and yellow. Young birds have red feathers scattered throughout the plumage. This species – along with its cousins, the Yellow-streaked C. sintillata sintillata another very beautiful lory with a dark green body set off …

Black-Capped Lory

Black-Capped Lory adults in general red; black forehead; black lores and occiput, all with purple gloss; dark blue band on back of neck; blue mantle; bronze/green wings; dark blue lower breast and undertail coverts; dark blue on sides of breast, meeting with blue mantle; underwing stripe yellow; red tail with wide blue/black tip. Bill yellow/orange. …

Blue-Streaked Lory

Blue-Streaked Lory adults have in general red plumage; purple/blue stripe from eye across ear coverts to sides of neck; blue/black wash on lower nape to mantle, the feathers streaked purple/blue; red back and rump, the feathers streaked blue; feathers on wing and greater wing coverts red with black tips; brown/black upper tail, dull red under …

Cardinal Lory

Cardinal Lory adults have in general red; dull buff/yellow margins on feathers of underparts; brown/red tail. Bill red with black at base; Eye ring bare and black. Skin at base of bill black with yellow blotches. Eye orange/red.

Chattering Lory

Chattering Lory adults are in general red, with scapulars having darker tint; yellow patch on mantle absent; green thighs and wings; yellow bend of wing and underwing coverts; pink/rose underwing stripe; red tail with black/green tip. Bill orange. Eye ring grey, eye orange/red

Dusky Lory

Both adults have two colour phases with varying tones; in general plumage dusty olive/brown; dull yellow crown; band on foreneck yellow or red/orange, with occasionally a second band across chest; yellow or red/orange lower breast to abdomen; buff/white back and rump; brown and yellow or red/orange underwing coverts; pair of underwing bands orange/yellow; yellow/olive tail. …

Duyvenbode’s Lory

The brown lory has a black beak, yellow-streaked face, white tail and mostly dark brown plumage.

Goldies Lorikeet

It is mainly green, and its underside is yellow-green with dark green longitudinal streaks. It has a red plumage on crown, which is less extensive in the female. The back of its head is blue, its cheeks are mainly mauve and blue, its beak is black, and its irises are brown. Its legs are greenish-brown. …

Rainbow Lory

The plumage of the nominate race, as with all subspecies, is very bright. The head is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upper parts (wings, back and tail) are deep green. The chest is red with blue-black barring. The belly is deep green, and the thighs and rump are …

Red Lory

Red Lory is mostly red and the plumage of the upper body is all red. There are red, blue, and black markings on the back and wings, and the tail is red-brown with blue under-tail coverts. The beak is orange and the legs are grey

Violet-Necked Lory

Violet-Necked Lory adults have purple/blue wide band around neck, varying in width individually; abdomen to undertail coverts dark purple; scapulars soft purple tipped in black; greater wing coverts and flight feathers red with wide black tips; underwing coverts and undersides of flight feathers red, with black tips on primaries; tail purple/red. Bill orange/brown. Eye orange.