Parvipsitta

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Parvipsitta
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Parvipsitta pusilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Parvipsitta
Mathews, 1916
Species

Two; see text

Parvipsitta is a parrot genus of in the family Psittaculidae. They are native to Australia. The group was previously placed in the genus Glossopsitta . There are two species. [1]

Species

Genus Parvipsitta Mathews, 1916 – two species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Purple-crowned lorikeet

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Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
(Dietrichsen, 1837)
Southern Australia [2] including Kangaroo Island
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Size: 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.

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Little lorikeet

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Parvipsitta pusilla
(Shaw, 1790)
Eastern and southern Australia [3] including Tasmania although is uncommon there.
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Size: 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.

Habitat:

Diet:
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References

  1. "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004)". zoonomen.net. 5 July 2008.
  2. BirdLife International (2016). "Glossopsitta porphyrocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22684658A93039903. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684658A93039903.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. BirdLife International (2016). "Glossopsitta pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22684655A93039719. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684655A93039719.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.