Glossopsitta
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A pair of musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) |
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Glossopsitta
Bonaparte, 1854
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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
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Common and binomial names[1] | Image | Description | Range |
Purple-crowned lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala) |
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15 cm (5.9 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) |
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15 cm (5.9 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) |
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22 cm (8.7 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
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- ↑ BirdLife International (2008). Chalcopsitta porphyrocephala. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2008). Glossopsitta pusilla. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2008). Glossopsitta concinna. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
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