Cardinal lory
Pseudeos cardinalis (G. R. Gray, 1849)
Status not recordedparrots
The cardinal lory (Pseudeos cardinalis) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 183 g to 184.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the cardinal lory
- Weight
- 183 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the cardinal lory live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The cardinal lory is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the cardinal lory endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the cardinal lory classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusPseudeos
- SpeciesPseudeos cardinalis (G. R. Gray, 1849)
Synonyms Chalcopsitta cardinalis, Eos grayi, Lorius cardinalis
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- lori kardinálskýCzech
- kardinala lorioEsperanto
- Lori cardenalSpanish
- kinaver-nestepapagoiEstonian
- kardinaaliluriFinnish
- Lori cardinalFrench
- Loriquet cardinalFrench
- kardinalski loriCroatian
- kardinálislóriHungarian
- Lori cardinaleItalian
- ベニインコJapanese
- kardinolinis lorisLithuanian
- KardinaalloriDutch
- lora szkarłatnaPolish
- lóri-cardealPortuguese
- lóris-cardealPortuguese
- lóris-cardinalPortuguese
- Кардиналовый лориRussian
- Блестящий лори-кардиналRussian
- lori kardinálskySlovak
- Kardinal loriSerbian
- Kardinal LorisiTurkish
- лорі-кардиналUkrainian
- 暗红鹦鹉Chinese
- 深紅吸蜜鸚鵡Chinese
Relatives of the cardinal lory
Other species in the same genus Pseudeos.
Dusky lory
Pseudeos fuscata
CompareCardinal lory vs Dusky lory
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cardinal lory?
An adult cardinal lory weighs 183 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the cardinal lory live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the cardinal lory for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the cardinal lory?
The cardinal lory (Pseudeos cardinalis) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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