Red-chinned lorikeet

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

The red-chinned lorikeet (Charmosyna rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. 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 forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Charmosyna rubrigularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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