Chattering Lory – Bird Ecology Study Group

11 Nov 2018

Chattering Lory feeding on fern spores

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Videography | 1

A Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) was documented by Gan Cheong Weei scraping the sori off the frond (=leaf) of the Rabbit’s-foot Fern (Davellia denticulate) to get at the spores (above). Sori (singular: sorus) are clusters of spore sacs (sporangia) containing … Continued

5 Aug 2013

Chattering Lory eating Terminalia catappa fruit

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Parrots | 2

Johnny Wee‘s images of the Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) eating the fruit of the Sea Almond (Terminalia catappa) was photographed at Singapore’s Lorong Halus. This is a new feeding record for Singapore. The only other parrot taking this fruit is … Continued