Kuhl's lorikeet | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Kuhl'slorikeet(Vinikuhlii),alsocalledtheRimitaralorikeet,Kuhl'slory,Manu'​Ura(localappellation)orKura(CookIslands),isaspeciesoflorikeetinthefamily​ ...

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Species of bird

Kuhls lorikeet (Vini kuhlii), also called the Rimitara lorikeet, Kuhls lory, Manu Ura (local appellation) or Kura (Cook Islands), is a species of lorikeet in the family Psittaculidae. It is one of several species of Vini lorikeets found in islands ranging across the South Pacific. The Kuhl for whom Nicholas Aylward Vigors named the bird in 1824 was Heinrich Kuhl, a German ornithologist whose survey of the parrots, Conspectus psittacorum, had appeared in 1819.

It is a fast flying lorikeet with vibrant plumage; a green back, wings and crown, a blue nape and legs and bright red undersides and cheeks. The average length is 19 centimetres (7.5 in) and the average weight is 55 grams (1.9 oz).

The Kuhls lorikeets habitat is natural tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. Like all Vini lorikeets it is a nectarivore, and has a brushy tongue to acquire the nectar. In islands den...