Blue-crowned Lorikeet

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Blue-crowned Lorikeet

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Vini
Species:	V. australis
Binomial name
*Vini australis* (Gmelin, 1788)

Two Blue-crowned Lorikeets in a cage.

The Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, Fulago, Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, Moce, Niuē, Ofu, Olosega, Sāmoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, Varoa, Vavaʻu, and Voleva. It is a 19 cm green lorikeet with a red throat, blue crown, and belly patch shading from red at the top to purple at the bottom.

It is still common, but declining on some islands, apparently from predation by rats. They frequent areas with flowering trees, including coconut plantations and gardens, usually in small flocks of less than about 15 individuals or in pairs during breeding season. It eats nectar, pollen, and soft fruits, especially wild hibiscus and coconut. The blue-crowned lorikeet nests in holes in trees, but may also dig burrows in earth banks. Also known as:

Blue-crowned Lory
Blue-crested Lory
Solomon Lory
Samoan Lory
Segavao, (Samoa)
Henga, (Tonga)

Side view at London Zoo

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Vini australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
Forshaw (2006) Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide; ISBN 0-691-09251-6.

v t e Lories and lorikeets (Tribe: Lorini)

Genus	Species (taxonomy note: * indicates taxa that may classified as a subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet or a separate species) (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Chalcopsitta	Black Lory Brown Lory (or Duyvenbode's Lory) Streaked Lory Cardinal Lory

Eos	Black-winged Lory Violet-necked Lory Blue-streaked Lory Red-and-blue Lory Red Lory Blue-eared Lory

Pseudeos	Dusky Lory

Trichoglossus	Ornate Lorikeet Pohnpei Lorikeet Mindanao Lorikeet (or Johnstone's Lorikeet) Citrine Lorikeet (or Yellow-and-green Lorikeet) Rainbow Lorikeet Sunset Lorikeet (or Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet) * Leaf Lorikeet (also Flores Lorikeet or Weber's Lorikeet) * Marigold Lorikeet * Red-collared Lorikeet * Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Olive-headed Lorikeet

Psitteuteles	Varied Lorikeet Iris Lorikeet Goldie's Lorikeet

Lorius	Purple-bellied Lory Black-capped Lory (or Stresemann's Lory) White-naped Lory Yellow-bibbed Lory Purple-naped Lory Chattering Lory

Phigys	Collared Lory

Vini	Blue-crowned Lorikeet Kuhl's Lorikeet (or Rimatara Lorikeet) Stephen's Lorikeet (or Henderson Lorikeet) Violet Lorikeet (Blue Lorikeet or Tahitian Lory) Ultramarine Lorikeet Sinoto's Lorikeet † ₴ Conquered Lorikeet † ₴

Glossopsitta	Musk Lorikeet Little Lorikeet Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Charmosyna	Palm Lorikeet Red-chinned Lorikeet Meek's Lorikeet Blue-fronted Lorikeet Striated Lorikeet Pygmy Lorikeet Red-fronted Lorikeet Red-flanked Lorikeet New Caledonian Lorikeet Red-throated Lorikeet Duchess Lorikeet Fairy Lorikeet Josephine's Lorikeet Papuan Lorikeet

Oreopsittacus	Plum-faced Lorikeet

Neopsittacus	Yellow-billed Lorikeet (or Musschenbroek's Lorikeet) Orange-billed Lorikeet (or Emerald Lorikeet)

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