Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
Least Concern
Red-fronted Lorikeet (Charmosyna rubronotata)
Taxonomy
French: Lori à front rouge German: Rotstirnlori Spanish: Lori frentirrojo
Taxonomy:
Coriphilus rubronotatus
Wallace
, 1862,Salawati and the north-western extremity of New Guinea
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Subspecies and Distribution
C. r. rubronotata
(Wallace, 1862) – W Papuan Is (Salawati I) and N New Guinea from Vogelkop to Adelbert Mts.
C. r. kordoana
(A. B. Meyer, 1874) – Biak I, in Geelvink Bay (NW New Guinea).
Descriptive notes
17 cm; 30–35 g. Green above, yellowish green below; forehead and sides of breast red, as are underwing-coverts, uppertail-coverts and base of underside of tail; ear-... read more
Voice
Main calls are a sharp “kssit” and a harsh “queet”, which is also given in flight. Quite similar to... read more
Habitat
Canopy of secondary forest and coconut plantations along the coastline and inland hill forest up to... read more
Food and feeding
No certain information, but feeding in tall flowering trees observed and reportedly at coconut blossoms.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Common in places, but generally not as abundant as sympatric congeners.
Two subspecies recognized.