Stella's lorikeet

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Stella's lorikeet
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Charmosyna stellae goliathina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Charmosyna
Species:
C. stellae
Binomial name
Charmosyna stellae
Meyer, 1886

Stella's lorikeet (Charmosyna stellae) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy

Stella's lorikeet was formerly considered conspecific with the Papuan lorikeet, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that both are distinct species, and it has thus been split by the IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, and the International Ornithologists' Union. [2] [3] [4]

Stella's lorikeet has three recognized subspecies: [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2021). "Charmosyna stellae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  3. IOC World Bird List 11.2 (Report). doi: 10.14344/ioc.ml.11.2 .
  4. "Stella's Lorikeet (Charmosyna stellae) - BirdLife species factsheet". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  5. McCullough, Carl. "Stella's Lorkeet, What A bird!". AFA Watchbird, Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture. Retrieved 20 September 2018.