Glossopsitta

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Glossopsitta

A pair of Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Psittacoidea
Family:	Psittaculidae
Subfamily:	Loriinae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Glossopsitta Bonaparte, 1854

Glossopsitta is a genus of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. They are native to Australia.

Taxonomy

There are three species:^[1]

Glossopsitta Bonaparte 1854

Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw 1791) (Musk Lorikeet)
- Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw 1791)
- Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews 1915
Glossopsitta pusilla (Shaw 1790) (Little Lorikeet)
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen 1837) (Purple-crowned Lorikeet)

Species

Species
Common and binomial names^[1]	Image	Description	Range
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)		15 cm (6 in) long. Dark purple crown. Yellow-orange forehead and ear-coverts, deepening to orange lores. Green upperparts, tinted bronze on the mantle and nape. Chin, chest and belly are powder blue. Yellowish-green under-tail coverts and thighs. Mostly green tail. Crimson patches are present under the wings in the male and not the female.	Southern Australia^[2] including Kangaroo Island
Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla)		15 cm (6 in) long. Mainly green plumage. The crown, lores and throat are red, the nape and shoulder bronze-coloured. The underparts yellow-tinged. The bill is black and the iris golden in colour	Eastern and southern Australia^[3] including Tasmania although is uncommon there.
Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)		22 cm (8.5 in) long. Mainly green plumage. Red forehead, blue crown, and a distinctive yellow band on its wing. Both upper and lower mandibles of the beak are tipped with red and are darker near its base. The female has a smaller and paler area of blue on the crown than the male.	South-central and eastern Australia^[4]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004)". www.zoonomen.net. 2008-07-05.
↑ BirdLife International (2008). Chalcopsitta porphyrocephala. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
↑ BirdLife International (2008). Glossopsitta pusilla. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
↑ BirdLife International (2008). Glossopsitta concinna. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.

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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