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Glossopsitta
A pair of Musk Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta concinna)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Psittaciformes
Superfamily:
Psittacoidea
Family:
Psittaculidae
Subfamily:
Loriinae
Tribe:
Loriini
Genus:
Glossopsitta

Bonaparte, 1854

Glossopsitta is a genus of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. They are native to Australia.

Taxonomy

There are three species:[1]

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[1] 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[2] 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[3] 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[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004)". www.zoonomen.net. 5 July 2008.
  2. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  3. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  4. ^ Template:IUCN2008


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