Plum-faced lorikeet

Plum-faced lorikeet
Male with red crown and female with green crown
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877
Species:	O. arfaki
Binomial name
Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, 1874)

The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the whiskered lorikeet, ^[2] is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus. ^[2] It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.

Description

The plum-faced lorikeet is a mainly green small parrot about 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a long pointed tail. It has two white stripes under each eye. It has a narrow pointed black bill and dark-brown irises. The adult male has a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The plum-faced lorikeet is the only species of the genus Oreopsittacus and it has three subspecies: ^[3]

OreopsittacusSalvadori 1877

• Oreopsittacus arfaki(Meyer, AB 1874)
  • Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki(Meyer, AB 1874) (red-orange abdomen)
  • Oreopsittacus arfaki grandisOgilvie-Grant 1895 (green abdomen)
  • Oreopsittacus arfaki majorOgilvie-Grant 1914 (red-orange abdomen and larger)

Range

The plum-faced lorikeet's native range is the mountains between about 2000 m to 3750 m of mainland New Guinea across both the Indonesian and Papua New Guinean zones of the island. ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oreopsittacus arfaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22684714A93043124. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684714A93043124.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Forshaw (2006). plate 22."
3. "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022)". www.zoonomen.net. 2009-03-28.

Cited texts

• Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide . Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-09251-6.