Black-capped Lory

SCI Name:  Lorius lory
Protonym:  Psittacus Lory Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.100
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Lorius
Taxonomy Code:  blclor1
Type Locality:  East Indies = northwestern New Guinea.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LORIUS
(Psittacidae; Ϯ Purple-naped Lory L. domicella) Specific name Psittacus lory Linnaeus, 1758. "LORIUS.  Rostrum subattenuatum; mandibula superiore valde arcuata, compressa, inferiore elongata fere integra.  Lingua setosa, tubulosa?  Alæ mediocres; remige 3tia longissima, 2da et 1ma gradatim paulo brevioribus, 2dæ 3tiæ et 4tæ pogoniis externis in medio gradatim latioribus.  Pedes mediocres.  Cauda subbrevis, subgradata, fere rotundata.  Typus genericus. Ps. domicella, Linn." (Vigors 1825); "LORIUS Vigors, 1825  M— Psittacus domicella Linnaeus, 1758; type by original designation ³    ...   ³ Peters (1937) used the name Domicella. The underlying conflict was resolved by the suppression of Larius Boddaert, 1783 in Opinion 938 (I.C.Z.N., 1970)." (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.), 2013, 380).
Var. Lori, Loris.
Synon. Domicella.
● (syn. Eclectus Ϯ Eclectus Parrot E. roratus) (see Larius).

lory
Malay name Lūri for the colourful lories; "Several naturalists having discovered that these Parrots, when in their own regions, uttered frequently a cry similar to the word lori, gave them the name of Lory, as a denomination" (Perry 1811).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  Lory.  24. P. brachyurus purpureus, pileo nigro, alis viridibus, pectore genibus caudaque cæruleis.  Psittacus coccineus orientalis, vertice nigro. Edw. av. 170. t. 170. Frisch. av. 4. t. 44?  Habitat in India orientali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lorius).

SUBSPECIES

Black-capped Lory (lory)
SCI Name: Lorius lory lory
lory
Malay name Lūri for the colourful lories; "Several naturalists having discovered that these Parrots, when in their own regions, uttered frequently a cry similar to the word lori, gave them the name of Lory, as a denomination" (Perry 1811).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  Lory.  24. P. brachyurus purpureus, pileo nigro, alis viridibus, pectore genibus caudaque cæruleis.  Psittacus coccineus orientalis, vertice nigro. Edw. av. 170. t. 170. Frisch. av. 4. t. 44?  Habitat in India orientali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lorius).

Black-capped Lory (cyanauchen)
SCI Name: Lorius lory cyanauchen
cyanauchen
Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue, glossy; αυχην aukhēn, αυχενος aukhenos  neck, throat.

Black-capped Lory (jobiensis)
SCI Name: Lorius lory jobiensis
jobiensis
Jobi I. (= Japen), Geelvink Bay, New Guinea.
● Erroneous TL. Jobi I. (= mainland of New Guinea, east of Geelvink Bay) (Ailuroedus).

Black-capped Lory (viridicrissalis)
SCI Name: Lorius lory viridicrissalis
viridicrissalis
L. viridis  green  < virere  to be green; Mod. L. crissum  vent  < L. crissare  to copulate.

Black-capped Lory (salvadorii)
SCI Name: Lorius lory salvadorii
salvadori / salvadoriana / salvadorianus / salvadorii
Adelardo Tommaso Conte Salvadori Paleotti (1835-1923) Italian doctor, participated in Garibaldi’s second expedition to Sicily 1860, ornithologist at Museum of Zoology, Turin University 1863-1923 (syn. Acrochordopus burmeisteri, subsp. Aegotheles albertisii, syn. Amazilia cyanura, subsp. Argya caudata, syn. Bradypterus cinnamomeus, subsp. Caligavis subfrenata, subsp. Caprimulgus macrurus, syn. Casuarius casuarius, subsp. Chalcites crassirostris, syn. Chauna torquata, syn. Corvus orru, syn. Crateroscelis robusta, Cryptospiza, subsp. Dicaeum maugei, Ducula, subsp. Edolisoma morio, subsp. Eremomela icteropygialis, subsp. Eudynamys orientalis, syn. Gerygone sulphurea, subsp. Leptocoma aspasia, syn. Lichmera squamata, syn. Loriculus philippensis apicalis, subsp. Lorius lory, subsp. Lybius undatus, subsp. Merops philippinus, syn. Micropsitta pusio beccarii, syn. Nectarinia johnstoni nyikensis, syn. Nothocercus julius, subsp. Nothura darwinii, Onychognathus, subsp. Pachycephala hyperythra (ex Pachycephala sharpii Salvadori, 1896), syn. Papualestes cyanus subcyaneus, subsp. Paradisaea raggiana, syn. Pitohui kirhocephalus, syn. Platycercus icterotis, syn. Podiceps major, syn. Probosciger aterrimus goliath, syn. Psittacula derbiana, Psittaculirostris, subsp. Ptilinopus viridis, syn. Pycnonotus erythropthalmos, Salpornis, subsp. Sphecotheres vieilloti, syn. Spilornis cheela asturinus, subsp. Tanygnathus lucionensis, subsp. Tanysiptera sylvia, syn. Tregellasia leucops melanogenys, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Zenaida aurita, Zosterops) (see Soter).

Black-capped Lory (erythrothorax)
SCI Name: Lorius lory erythrothorax
erythrothorax
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Perroquet Langlois” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (artefact).

Black-capped Lory (somu)
SCI Name: Lorius lory somu
somu
New Guinea (Soliabeda district) Aboriginal name Somu for the Black-capped Lory (subsp. Lorius lory).