Red Shining-parrot

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Red Shining-parrot

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Prosopeia
Species: P. tabuensis
Binomial name
Prosopeia tabuensis
(Gmelin, 1788)

The Red Shining-parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It endemic to the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni in Fiji and was introduced to the islands of southern Tonga in prehistoric times. The species is sometimes considered conspecific with the Crimson Shining-parrot of Kadavu. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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