Parvipsitta

Glossopsitta
A pair of Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Genus:	Glossopsitta Bonaparte, 1854

Glossopsitta is a genus of parrot in the Psittacidae family. They are native to Australia, and the Little Lorikeet is also native in Tasmania although it is uncommon there.

Taxonomy

There are three species:

Glossopsitta Bonaparte 1854

• Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw 1791) (Musk Lorikeet)
  • Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw 1791)
  • Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews 1915
• Glossopsitta pusilla (Shaw 1790) (Little Lorikeet)
• Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen 1837) (Purple-crowned Lorikeet)

Species

Species
Common and binomial names	Image	Description	Range
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)		15 cm (6 in) long. Dark purple crown. Yellow-orange forehead and ear-coverts, deepening to orange lores. Green upperparts, tinted bronze on the mantle and nape. Chin, chest and belly are powder blue. Yellowish-green under-tail coverts and thighs. Mostly green tail. Crimson patches are present under the wings in the male and not the female.	Southern Australia including Kangaroo Island
Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla)		15 cm (6 in) long. Mainly green plumage. The crown, lores and throat are red, the nape and shoulder bronze-coloured. The underparts yellow-tinged. The bill is black and the iris golden in colour	Eastern and southern Australia including Tasmania although is uncommon there.
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)		22 cm (8.5 in) long. Mainly green plumage. Red forehead, blue crown, and a distinctive yellow band on its wing. Both upper and lower mandibles of the beak are tipped with red and are darker near its base. The female has a smaller and paler area of blue on the crown than the male.	South-central and eastern Australia