Purple-bellied Lory

SCI Name:  Lorius hypoinochrous
Protonym:  Lorius hypoinochrous ListBirdsBrit.Mus. pt3 sect.2 p.49
Taxonomy:  Psittaciformes / Psittaculidae / Lorius
Taxonomy Code:  publor1
Type Locality:  Louisiade Archipelago = Sudest Island.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1859
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).

hypoinchrous / hypoinochroa / hypoinochrous
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; οινοχρως oinokhrōs  wine-coloured  < οινος oinos  wine; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.

SUBSPECIES

Purple-bellied Lory (devittatus)
SCI Name: Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus
devittata / devittatus
Mod. L. devittatus  unbanded, lacking bands  < L. de-  not; vittatus banded  < vitta  band, ribbon.

Purple-bellied Lory (hypoinochrous)
SCI Name: Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous
hypoinchrous / hypoinochroa / hypoinochrous
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; οινοχρως oinokhrōs  wine-coloured  < οινος oinos  wine; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.

Purple-bellied Lory (rosselianus)
SCI Name: Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus
rosseli / rosseliana / rosselianus
Rossel I. (= Yela), Louisiade Archipelago, New Guinea.