Red-chinned lorikeet

Red-chinned lorikeet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Charmosyna
Species: C. rubrigularis
Binomial name
Charmosyna rubrigularis
(Sclater, 1881)

The red-chinned lorikeet (Charmosyna rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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