What are lories and lorikeets?
Q: What are lories and lorikeets?
A: Lories and lorikeets are small to medium-sized arboreal parrots.
Q: What kind of tongues do lories and lorikeets have?
A: Lories and lorikeets have special brush-tipped tongues to feed on nectar of blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.
Q: Are lories and lorikeets a monophyletic group?
A: Yes, lories and lorikeets are a monophyletic group in the parrot family Psittacidae.
Q: Where are lories and lorikeets distributed?
A: Lories and lorikeets are widely distributed throughout the Australasian region, including south-eastern Asia, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Australia.
Q: Do lories and lorikeets have brightly coloured plumage?
A: Yes, the majority of lories and lorikeets have very brightly coloured plumage.
Q: What other groups are lories and lorikeets closely related to?
A: Studies show that lories and lorikeets form a single group, closely related to the budgerigar and the fig parrots.
Q: What does the sequence analysis and morphology show about lories and lorikeets?
A: The sequence analysis and morphology show that the lories and lorikeets group is in the middle of other groups.
