Distribution / Natural Range of Lories and Lorikeets
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| Common & Scientific Names: | Native Range |
| Arfak Alpine Lorikeets (Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki) | New Guinea |
| Banded Lories or Dusky Lories (Pseudeos fuscatais / fuscata) | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| Beaufort's Black-capped Lories (Lorius or Domicella lory viridicrissalis) | Northern New Guinea |
| Bechstein's Violet-necked Lories (Eos squamata riciniata) | Weda Islands and Islands of the Northern Moluccas / Maluku, Indonesia |
| Bernstein' s Black Lories (Chalcopsitta atra bernsteini) | Island of Misool (part of Maluku Islands) in Western New Guinea |
| Biak Red-spotted Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubronotata kordoana) | Biak Island, the largest of the Schouten Islands, off the northern coast of West Papua (the Indonesian part of New Guinea) at the entrance to Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay (part of Maluku Islands) |
| Bernstein's Red Lories (Eos bornea bernsteini) | Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) - found in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 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 |
| Black Lories (Chalcopsitta atra atra) | New Guinea |
| Black-winged Lories (Eos cyanogenia) | New Guinea |
| Blue-crowned Lories (Vini australis) | Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa) and the Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean |
| Blue-diademed Lories (Eos histrio histiro) | Islands of Sangihe and Talaud and some of their outliers off northern Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Blue-eared Lories - Ceram Lories (Eos semilarvata) | New Guinea, Aru Islands (Maluku province), Papuan Islands (Eastern Indonesia) |
| Blue-faced Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus intermedius) | Northern New Guinea from Torricelli Mountains and Sepik region to Astrolabe Bay |
| Blue Mountain Lory (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus) | Eastern & South Australia,Tasmania |
| Blue-nape Lories aka Biak Lories, Biak Lories or Biak Blackcaps (Lorius lory cyanuchen) | Island of Biak in Geelvink Bay, Western New Guinea |
| Blue-streaked Lories (Eos reticulata) | New Guinea |
| Blue-tailed Lories (Eos historio) | New Guinea |
| Blue-thighed Lories or Blue-thighed Lories (Lorius domicellus / tibialis) | Seram and Ambon Islands, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia |
| Black-throated aka Dark-throated Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis) | Aru Islands and eastern Kai Islands (Kai Islands are known as Kei Islands, and are found in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia) |
| Brook's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus brooki) | Probably Spirit, one of the Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia |
| Buru Red Lories (Eos b. cyanonothus) | New Guinea |
| Cardinal Lories (Chalcopsitta cardinalis) | New Guinea |
| Carmine-fronted Lories (Chalcopsitta sintillata sintillata) | Indonesia |
| Ceram Lories (Eos semilarvata) | New Guinea, Aru Islands in the province of Maluku, Papuan Islands (Eastern Indonesia) |
| Challanger's Lories (Eos histrio challengeri) | Nenusa Islands, Indonesia |
| Chattering Red Lories aka Moluccan Lories (Lorius garrulus) | Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia) |
| Cherry-red Lorikeets (Ponapé Lory) (Trichoglossus rubiginosus) | Caroline Islands - a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea - situated in Micronesia. |
| Collared Lories aka Solitary Lory or Ruffed Lory (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Deep-throated Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis) | Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia |
| Deplanche's or Deplanchi's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus deplanchii) | New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands |
| Desmarest's Lories or Desmarest's Fig Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii) | New Guinea |
| Djampea Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus djampeanus) | Djampea Island, Indonesia |
| Duchess Lorikeets (Charmosyna margarethae) | Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands |
| Dusky Lories (Pseudeos fuscatais / fuscata) | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| Duyvenbode's Lories (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei) | New Guinea |
| Edward's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus) | Timor island (Divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara) |
| Emerald Lorikeets or Orange-billed Lorikeets (Neopsittacus pullicauda) | New Guinea |
| Fairy Lorikeets (Charmosyna pulchella pulchella) | New Guinea |
| Fergusson Island Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus) | Trobriand and Woodlark Islands, Bismarck and D'Entrecastreaux Archipelagos, south-eastern New Guinea |
| Forsten's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) | Indonesia |
| Gold and Green Lorikeets or Scaly-breasted Lorikeets (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) | Northern Queensland, North Australia |
| Golden-banded Lorikeets or Red-throated Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis) | New Britain, New Ireland |
| Goldie's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus goldei) | New Guinea |
| Greater Alpine Lorikeets (Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki) | New Guinea |
| Greater Red Lories or Bernstein Red Lories (Eos bornea bernsteini aka Eos rubra bernsteini) | Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) - found in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| Green-naped Lories or Rainbow Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus) | New Guinea, Buru and Seram (formerly Ceram) - Maluku Province in Indonesia |
| Green-streaked Lories (Chalcopsitta sintillata chloroptera) | Southeast and Western New Guinea, Papua |
| Halmahera Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis intensior) | Northern Moluccan / Maluku Islands, including Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands), Obi and Gebe, Indonesia |
| Hartert's Fairy Lorikeets (Charmosyna pulchella rothschild) | Western New Guinea |
| Huon Emerald Lorikeets (Neopsittacus pullicauda sociales) | Herzog Mountains and mountains of Huon Peninsula, New Guinea |
| 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. |
| Indian Lorikeets (Loriculus vernalis) | South-western India eastwards to Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka |
| Iris Lorikeets (Trichoglossus iris) | Timor and Wetar Island (province of Maluku) in Indonesia |
| Jobi Lories (Lorius lory jobiensis) | New Guinea |
| Johnstone's Lories (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) | Mindinao, Philippines |
| Josephine's Lorikeets (Charmosyna josefinae) | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| Karkar Red-chinned Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis krakari) | Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea |
| 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 |
| Little Lorikeets (Glossopsitta pusilla) | Tasmania |
| Louisiade Lories or Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous hypoinochrous) | Misima and Tagula in Louisiade Archipelago, Eastern Papuan Island, New Guinea |
| Maju Violet-necked Lories (Eos s. atrocaerulea) | Maju Island, Indonesia |
| 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 |
| Mamberiok Black Lories (Chalcopsitta atra spectabilis) | Mamberiok Peninsula, North-western New Guinea |
| 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 |
| Massena's Lorikeets (Coconut Lory) (Trichoglossus haematodus massena) | New Hebrides |
| Mayr's Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis ornata) | Western Papua Islands |
| Meyer's Black-capped Lories (Lorius l. salvadorii) | Northern New Guinea from Aitape area to Astrolabe Bay |
| Meyer's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus flavoviridus) | Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia |
| Mitchell's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus mitchellii) | Islands of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia |
| Mollucan Lories (Eos bornea) | Indonesia |
| Morotai Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus morotaianus) | Morotai and Raou Islands (Maluku Islands) |
| Mount Goliath Lorikeets (Charmosyna p. goliathina) | Mountains of central New Guinea |
| Mount-Apo Lories (Johnstone's Lories) (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) | Mindinao, Philippines |
| Musschenbroek's Lorikeets (Yellow-billed Lorikeets) (Neopsittacus musschenbroekii) | New Guinea |
| Musk Lorikeets (Glossopsitta concinna) | Southeast Australia, Kangaroo Islands, Tasmania |
| New Caledonia Lories or Deplanche's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus deplanchii) | Loyalty Islands - archipelago in the Pacific that is part of the French territory of New Caledonia |
| New Caledonian Lorikeets (Charmosyna diadema) | New Caledonia |
| Neumann's Brown Lories aka Neumann's Duyvenbode's Lories (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei syringanuchalis) | North-eastern New-Guinea from Aitape Area, East to Astrolabe Bay |
| Ninigo Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus nesophilus) | Ninigo and Hermit Groups,which is west of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. |
| Obi Violet-necked Lories (Eos s. obiensis) | Island of Obi (northern islands of the Moluccas) |
| Orange Lorikeets or Emerald Lorikeets (Neopsittacus pullicauda) | New Guinea |
| Orange-breasted Emerald Lorikeets (Neopsittacus pullicauda alpinus) | Snow Mountains in West Irian east to head of Fly River, New Guinea |
| Olive-green Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus flavicans) | New Hanover and Admiralty Islands |
| Ornate Lories or Ornate Lorikeets (Trichoglossus ornatus) | Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia Group, Indonesia |
| Pale-headed Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps) | Southern New Guinea in southern Trans-Fly region and lower Fly River |
| Palm or Green Palm Lorikeets (Charmosyna palmarum) | Have a fluctuating range in the Santa Cruz islands of the Solomon Islands and in Vanuatu |
| Papuan Lorikeets (Charmosyna papou papou) | New Guinea / mountains of Vogelkop Peninsular, Irian Jaya, Indonesia |
| Perfect Lorikeets (Trichoglossus euteles) | Indonesia |
| Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis) | Seram, Pandjang, Ambelau; Kai and Aru Islands (Maluku Province) ; southern New Guinea east to upper reaches of Purari River, Papua-New Guinea; formerly also on Ambon |
| Ponapé Lories (Trichoglossus rubiginosus) | Caroline Islands - a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea - situated in Micronesia. |
| Purple-bellied Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous) | New Guinea |
| Purple-crowned Lorikeets (Glossopsitta porphysocephala) | Southern Australia |
| Purple-naped or Blue-thighed Lories (Lorius domicellus) | Seram, Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia |
| Rainbow Lories / Lorikeets (Green Naped) aka Green Naped Lories / Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus) | New Guinea, Buru and Seram (formerly Ceram) in the province of Maluku, Indonesia |
| Rainbow Lories / Lorikeets aka Swainson's Blue Mountain, Swainson's Blue Mt. Lorikeet, Swainson's Lory, Blue Mountain Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus) | Eastern & South Australia,Tasmania |
| Rajah Lories (Chalcopsitta atra insignis) | New Guinea |
| Red and Blue Lories (Eos histrio histiro) | Islands of Sangihe and Talaud and some of their outliers off northern Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Red-breasted Lories or Salvadory Black-capped Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus mitchelli) | Bali, Lombok Island in Indonesia |
| Red-chinned Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis) | New Britain, New Ireland and Karkar Island off northern coast of New Guinea |
| Red-collared Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis) | Northern Australia |
| Red-crowned Lorikeets (Trichoglossus versicolor) | Northern Australia from Kimberley region of Western Australia east to coast of northeast Queensland |
| Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis) | Seram, Pandjang, Ambelau; Kai and Aru Islands (Maluku Province); southern New Guinea east to upper reaches of Purari River, Papua-New Guinea; formerly also on Ambon |
| Red-fronted Lories or Carmine-fronted Lories (Chalcopsitta sintilla rubrifrons) | New Guinea |
| Red Lorikeets or Ponape Lories (Trichoglossus rubiginosus) | Caroline Islands - a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea - situated in Micronesia. |
| Red-rumped or Red-spotted Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubronotata rubronotata) | Salawati, Indonesia and northwest New Guinea |
| Red-throated Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis) | New Britain, New Ireland |
| Rosenberg's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus rosenbergi) | Islands off north coast of New Guinea |
| Rossel Island Lories (Lorius hypoinochrous rosselianus) | Rossel Island in Louisiada Archipelago |
| Rothschild's Red Lories (Eos b. rothschildi) | Seram (formerly Ceram, also called Seran or Serang) is an island in the Maluku province of Indonesia |
| Ruby-capped Lorikeets (Psitteuteles iris rubripileum) | Independent state of East Timor (West Timor belongs to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara) |
| Ruffed Lories or Solitary Lories (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Salvadory Black-capped Lories (Psittaculirostris salvadori) | New Guinea |
| Scaly-breasted Lorikeets (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) | Northern Queensland, North Australia |
| Sclater's Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis subplacens) | Eastern and northern New Guinea west to Bereina area and south to Sarmi District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia |
| Sepik Lorikeets (Charmosyna josefinae sepikiana) | Mountains of Sepik region, from Vogelkop Peninsula east to Snow Mountains, Irian Jaya, Indonesia and western Papua New Guinea |
| Solitary or Collared Lories (Phigys solitarius) | Larger Fiji islands, northern part of Lau Archipelago |
| Solomon Island Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis pallidior) | Eastern and northern New Guinea west to Bereina area and south to Sarmi District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Island (Bougainville and Fead) |
| Somu Lories (Lorius l. somu) | Southern New Guinea from Karimui Basin to Ok Tedi area |
| Southern Alpine Lorikeets (Oreopsittacus arfaki grandis) | Southeast New Guinea west to Huon peninsula and Sepik Region |
| Southern Green-naped Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus micropteryx) | Eastern New Guinea; islands of Manam, Bagabag and Misima |
| Southern Musschenbroek's Lorikeets (Neopsittacus musschenbroekii major) | Mountains of South-eastern New Guinea to Southern Papua |
| Stella's Lorikeets (Charmosyna papou stellae) | New Guinea |
| 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. |
| Stresemann's Lories (Lorius amabilis / Lorius hypoinochrous devittatus) | New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago - Extinct? |
| Stresemann's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus stresemanni) | Kalao-tua Island, Indonesia |
| Striated Lorikeets (Charmosyna multistriata) | Western New Guinea |
| Sula Lorikeets (Trichoglossus flavoviridus flavoviridus) | Sula Islands - a group of islands in the Malukus in Indonesia. Its three main islands are Mangole, Sanae and Taliabu. |
| Sumba Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus fortis) | Sumba Island, Indonesia |
| Swainson's / Swainson's Blue Lories or Swainson's Blue Mountain Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus) | Eastern & South Australia,Tasmania |
| Tahitian Lories or Tahiti Blue Lories (Vini peruviana) | Society, Cook, and Tuamotu Islands |
| Talaud Red and Blue Lories (Eos histrio talautensis) | Talaud Islands - a group of islands located north of Sulawesi island in Indonesia. The Talaud Islands are also the northernmost region of Indonesia, bordering the Philippines. |
| Ultramarine Lories (Vini ultramarina) | Marquesas Islands - a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. |
| Van Oort Black Lories (Mamberiok Black Lory) (Chalcopsitta atra spectabilis) | Mamberiok Peninsula, North-western New Guinea |
| Varied Lorikeets (Trichoglossus versicolor) | Northern Australia from Kimberley region of Western Australia east to coast of northeast Queensland |
| Victoria Lories or Southern Alpine Lorikeets (Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki) | New Guinea |
| Violet-necked Lories (Eos squamata) | New Guinea |
| Wahne's Lorikeets (Charmosyna p. wahnesi) | Mountains of Huon Peninsular and Adelbert Mountains, Papua New Guinea |
| Weber's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus weberi) | Indonesia |
| Wedge-tailed Lorikeets (Psitteuteles iris iris) | Indonesia |
| Western Mount Apo Lorikeets (Trichoglossus johnstoniae pistra) | Mt. Malindang, Western Mindanao in the Philippines |
| Western Musschenbroek's Lorikeets (Neopsittacus musschenbroekii medius) | Snow Mountains, Western New Guinea |
| Wetar Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus flavotectus) | Wetar and Roma Islands (province of Maluku) in Indonesia |
| White-naped or White-necked Lories (Lorius albidinucha) | New Britain |
| Whiskered Lorikeets (Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki) | New Guinea |
| Wilhelmina's Lorikeets (Charmosyna wilhelminae) | New Guinea |
| Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus) | Islands of Batjan and Obi, part of Maluku Islands |
| Yellow-billed Lorikeets (Neopsittacus musschenbroekii) | New Guinea |
| Yellow & Green Lorikeets (Trichoglossus flavoviridus flavoviridus) | Sula Islands - a group of islands in the Malukus in Indonesia. Its three main islands are Mangole, Sanae and Taliabu. |
| Yellow-headed Lorikeets (Trichoglossus euteles) | Timor-Leste and the Lesser Sunda Islands from Lomblen east to Nila and Babar (Indonesia) |
| Yellow-streaked Lories (Chalcopsitta sintilla sintilla) | New Guinea |
| Yellow-streaked Lorikeets or Striated Lorikeets (Charmosyna multistriata) | Western New Guinea |
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