Parvipsitta
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|image=Glossopsitta pusilla loriak.jpg
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|taxon=Parvipsitta
|authority=Mathews, 1916
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| subdivision = Two; see text
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Parvipsitta is a parrot genus of in the family Psittaculidae. They are native to Australia. The group was previously placed in the genus Glossopsitta. There are two species.{{cite web|url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title=Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004) |date =5 July 2008 |publisher=zoonomen.net }}
Species
{{Species table |genus=Parvipsitta |authority-name=Mathews |authority-year= 1916 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
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|name=Purple-crowned lorikeet |binomial=Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
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|authority-name=Dietrichsen |authority-year=1837 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Southern Australia{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Glossopsitta porphyrocephala |volume=2016 |page=e.T22684658A93039903 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684658A93039903.en |access-date=13 November 2021}} including Kangaroo Island
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|size={{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} 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.
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|name=Little lorikeet |binomial=Parvipsitta pusilla
|image=File:Little Lorikeet kobble.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Shaw |authority-year=1790 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Eastern and southern Australia{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Glossopsitta pusilla |volume=2016 |page=e.T22684655A93039719 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684655A93039719.en |access-date=13 November 2021}} including Tasmania although is uncommon there.
|range-image=File:Little Lorriket.jpg
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|size={{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} 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.
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References
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