What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Black-capped Lory been recorded?

Lorius lory occurrence evidence comes from 45 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1950 to 2025. Most records come from Papua New Guinea.

Black-capped Lory
Black-capped Lory — Photo (display-sized rendition): Doug Janson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPsittaciformesPsittacidaeLorius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

45 records across 4 countries and territories, 1950–2025.

Lorius lory · GBIF taxon key 2479418

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19502025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Black-capped Lory has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Black-capped Lory. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Papua New Guinea 16
Indonesia 14
United States 8
ZZ 7

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.