- Vini solitaria
Phigys solitarius
Identification
20 cm
- Green upperparts
- Bright red underparts
- Bright red face, throat breast and belly
- Purple crown and lower abdomen
- Red iris
- Pink feet
- Orange-yellow bill
Sexes similar. Females have a paler crown.
Distribution
Endemic to the Fiji Islands
Coastal lowland forests of Fiji Islands
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rainforest. Likes flowering trees, partciularly the Umbrella Tree.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit, seeds, nectar and blossoms.
Breeding
They nest in tree hollows. The 2 eggs are incubated for 30 days. The young fledge after about 9 weeks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Collared Lory. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Lory
External Links
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