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Genera of Lories:
Chalcopsitta (mostly found in New Guinea) / Eos / Lorius / Vini / Pseudeos / Phigys ( Fiji islands, Lau Archipelago) and Loriculus & Psitteuteles
| Common & Scientific Names: | Native Range |
Genus: Lorius | |
| Beaufort's Black-capped Lories (Lorius or Domicella lory viridicrissalis) | Northern New Guinea |
| Biak Lories aka Biak Lories, Blue-nape Lories or Biak Blackcaps (Lorius lory cyanuchen) | Island of Biak in Geelvink Bay, Western New Guinea |
| Black-capped Lories (Lorius lory lory) | New Guinea |
| Blue-nape Lories aka Biak Lories, Biak Lories or Biak Blackcaps (Lorius lory cyanuchen) | Island of Biak in Geelvink Bay, Western New Guinea |
| Blue-thighed Lories or Blue-thighed Lories (Lorius domicellus / tibialis) | Seram and Ambon Islands, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia |
| Chattering Red Lories aka Moluccan Lories (Lorius garrulus) | Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia) |
| Fergusson Island Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus) | Trobriand and Woodlark Islands, Bismarck and D'Entrecastreaux Archipelagos, south-eastern New Guinea |
| Jobi Lories (Lorius lory jobiensis) | New Guinea |
| Louisiade Lories or Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous) | Misima and Tagula in Louisiade Archipelago, Eastern Papuan Island, New Guinea |
| Meyer's Black-capped Lories (Lorius l. salvadorii) | Northern New Guinea from Aitape area to Astrolabe Bay |
| Morotai Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus morotaianus) | Morotai and Raou Islands (Maluku Islands) |
| Purple-bellied Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous) | New Guinea |
| Purple-naped or Blue-thighed Lories (Lorius domicellus) | Seram, Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia |
| Rossel Island Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus) | Rossel Island in Louisiada Archipelago |
| Somu Lories (Lorius l. somu) | Southern New Guinea from Karimui Basin to Ok Tedi area |
| Stresemann's Lories (Lorius amabilis / Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus) | New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago - Extinct? |
| White-naped or White-necked Lories (Lorius albidinucha) | New Britain |
| Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus) | Islands of Batjan and Obi, part of Maluku Islands |
Genus: Pseudeos | |
| Banded Lories or Dusky Lories (Pseudeos fuscatais / fuscata) | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| Dusky Lories (Pseudeos fuscatais / fuscata) | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
Genus: Vini | |
| Blue-crowned Lories (Vini australis) | Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa) and the Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean |
| Henderson Lorikeets or Stephens Lories (Vini stepheni) | Henderson Island - part of the Pitcairn Group of islands - in the southern Pacific Ocean. These islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. |
| Kuhl's Lories or Kuhl's Ruffed Lory (Vini kuhlii) | Austral Islands - the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific |
| Marquesas Lories (Ultramarine Lory) (Vini ultramarina) | Nukuhiva & Huapu - part of the Marquesas group of islands - a collection of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean |
| Stephen's Lories (Vini stepheni) | Henderson Island - part of the Pitcairn Group of islands - in the southern Pacific Ocean. These islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. |
| Tahitian Lories or Tahiti Blue Lories (Vini peruviana) | Society, Cook, and Tuamotu Islands |
| Ultramarine Lories (Vini ultramarina) | Marquesas Islands - a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. |
| Common & Scientific Names: | Native Range |
Genus: Phigys | |
| Collared Lories aka Solitary Lory or Ruffed Lory (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Ruffed Lories or Solitary Lories (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Solitary or Collared Lories (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Common & Scientific Names: | Native Range |
Genera: Loriculus & Psitteuteles | |
| Malay Lorikeets (Loriculus galgulus) | Thailand south of Kra, Malaysia, Singapore, Anamba and Riau Islands, Borneo and some off-shore islands, Sumatra as well as islands of Bangka, Belitung, Nias, Siberut, Sipora and Enggano, in Indonesia |
| Ruby-capped Lorikeets (Psitteuteles iris rubripileum) | Independent state of East Timor (West Timor belongs to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara) |
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