Plum-faced lorikeet
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| image = Oreopsittacus arfaki (pair) -captive-8a-4c.jpg
| image_caption = Male with red crown and female with green crown
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Oreopsittacus
| parent_authority = Salvadori, 1877
| display_parents = 2
| species = arfaki
| authority = (Meyer, 1874)
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The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the whiskered lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus.
It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.
Description
The plum-faced lorikeet is a mainly green small parrot about {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} long with a long pointed tail. It has two white stripes under each eye. It has a narrow pointed black bill and dark-brown irises. The adult male has a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead."Forshaw (2006). plate 22."
Taxonomy
The plum-faced lorikeet is the only species of the genus Oreopsittacus and it has three subspecies:{{cite web | url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title = Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022) |date =2009-03-28|publisher = www.zoonomen.net }}
Oreopsittacus Salvadori 1877
- Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, AB 1874)
- Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki (Meyer, AB 1874) (red-orange abdomen)
- Oreopsittacus arfaki grandis Ogilvie-Grant 1895 (green abdomen)
- Oreopsittacus arfaki major Ogilvie-Grant 1914 (red-orange abdomen and larger)
Range
The plum-faced lorikeet's native range is the mountains between about 2000 m to 3750 m of mainland New Guinea across both the Indonesian and Papua New Guinean zones of the island.
References
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Cited texts
- {{cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw | author-link=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/parrotsofworldid0000fors |url-access=registration |others =Illustrated by Frank Knight|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-09251-6 | year=2006 }}
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