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Blue-eared lory
Feeding at San Diego Zoo
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Genus:	Eos
Species:	E. semilarvata
Binomial name
Eos semilarvata Bonaparte, 1850

The blue-eared lory (Eos semilarvata) (also known as Ceram lory, half-masked lory or Seram lory) is a parrot found only on the island of Seram in Maluku province, Indonesia.

The blue-eared lory is the smallest Eos at 24 cm long. It has a red body with blue cheeks, chin, and ear-coverts, purple-blue abdomen and undertail coverts, and black streaked wings. The adult has an orange beak with juvenile's pink.

The blue-eared lory is sometimes found in the altitude as low as 800 m, but primarily from 1600–2400 m. It feeds on flowering trees, including tree-heathers above the tree-line. The flocks are small.

A common species in its limited range, the blue-eared lory is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its population is decreasing, and has been since at least 2019.

References

1. BirdLife International (2019). "Eos semilarvata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22684524A156213405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22684524A156213405.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Nandika, Dudi; Agustina, Dwi; Heinsohn, Robert; Olah, George (2021-09-30). "Wildlife Trade Influencing Natural Parrot Populations on a Biodiverse Indonesian Island". Diversity. 13 (10): 483. doi:10.3390/d13100483. hdl:1885/316160. ISSN 1424-2818.

• Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
• "Species factsheet: Eos semilarvata". BirdLife International (2008). Retrieved 20 March 2009.

External links

• Oriental Bird Images: Blue-eared Lory

• IUCN Red List near threatened species
• Lorini
• Eos (bird)
• Birds of Seram
• Birds described in 1850
• Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
• Endemic birds of Indonesia