| Ultramarine Lorikeet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Lorini |
| Genus: | Vini |
| Species: | V. ultramarina |
| Binomial name | |
| Vini ultramarina (Kuhl, 1820) |
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The Ultramarine Lorikeet (Vini ultramarina), also known as the Lori Ultramarin in French, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family, endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes and plantations. It is threatened mainly by introduction of the black rat and also by deforestation.
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