| Plum-faced Lorikeet | |
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| Male with red crown and female with green crown | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Lorini |
| Genus: | Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877 |
| Species: | O. arfaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, 1874) |
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The Plum-faced Lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the Whiskered Lorikeet,[1] is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus.[1] It is found in highland forest on New Guinea.
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The Plum-faced Lorikeet is a mainly green small parrot about 15 cm (6 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 as a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead.[1]
The Plum-faced Lorikeet is the only species of the genus Oreopsittacus and it has three subspecies:[2]
Oreopsittacus Salvadori 1877
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.[1]