Little Lorikeet

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Little Lorikeet

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Genus: Glossopsitta
Species: G. pusilla
Binomial name
Glossopsitta pusilla
(Shaw, 1790)

The Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Pair, Pikedale, S. Queensland
Pair, Pikedale, S. Queensland


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This page mistakenly features a photo of a Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), not a little Lorikeet.