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Yellow-bibbed lory

Lorius chlorocercus Gould, 1856

LCLeast Concernparrots

The yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 162.2 g to 191.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus)
Photo: Doug Janson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-bibbed lory

Weight
162.2 g – 191.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

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Where does the yellow-bibbed 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 yellow-bibbed lory is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the yellow-bibbed lory?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the southern Solomon Islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-bibbed lory” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-bibbed_lory&oldid=1379735132), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-bibbed lory endangered?

The yellow-bibbed lory is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-bibbed lory classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusLorius
  7. SpeciesLorius chlorocercus Gould, 1856

Synonyms Domicella chlorocercus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • lori de collar grocCatalan
  • lori zelenoocasýCzech
  • lori yddf-felenWelsh
  • Grønhalet LoriDanish
  • GrünschwanzloriGerman
  • flavkoluma lorioEsperanto
  • Lori acollaradoSpanish
  • Lori de collar amarilloSpanish
  • kaelus-nestepapagoiEstonian
  • kauluriluriFinnish
  • Lori à collier jauneFrench
  • solomonski loriCroatian
  • zöldfarkú lóriHungarian
  • Lori mentogialloItalian
  • ヨダレカケズグロインコJapanese
  • geltonkrūtis lorisLithuanian
  • GeelsnavelloriDutch
  • gulringloriNorwegian
  • dama żółtowstęgaPolish
  • lóri-de-colar-amareloPortuguese
  • lóris-de-colar-amareloPortuguese
  • Зеленохвостый лориRussian
  • Зеленохвостый широкохвостый лориRussian
  • lori zelenochvostýSlovak
  • Zelenorepi loriSerbian
  • gulhalsad loriSwedish
  • Sarı Gerdanlı LoriTurkish
  • лорі соломонськийUkrainian
  • 黄领鹦鹉Chinese
  • 黃領吸蜜鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-bibbed lory

Other species in the same genus Lorius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-bibbed lory?

An adult yellow-bibbed lory weighs 162.2 g – 191.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the yellow-bibbed lory live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yellow-bibbed lory for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the yellow-bibbed lory endangered?

The yellow-bibbed lory is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-bibbed lory?

The yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bibbed-lory

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“Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bibbed-lory.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_bibbed_lory_2026,
  title = {Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bibbed-lory},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}