Stella's lorikeet
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| name = Stella's lorikeet
| image = Charmosyna papou goliathina1.jpg
| image_caption = Charmosyna stellae goliathina at Loro Parque
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Charmosyna
| species = stellae
| authority = Meyer, 1886
| synonyms =
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Stella's lorikeet (Charmosyna stellae) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy
Stella's lorikeet was formerly considered conspecific with the Papuan lorikeet, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that both are distinct species, and it has thus been split by the IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, and the International Ornithologists' Union.{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-05-29|language=en-US}}{{Cite report|title=IOC World Bird List 11.2|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|language=en|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.11.2|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|title=Stella's Lorikeet (Charmosyna stellae) - BirdLife species factsheet|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/stellas-lorikeet-charmosyna-stellae/details|access-date=2022-01-11|website=datazone.birdlife.org}}
Stella's lorikeet has three recognized subspecies:{{cite web |last1=McCullough |first1=Carl |title=Stella's Lorkeet, What A bird! |url=https://journals.tdl.org/watchbird/index.php/watchbird/article/view/921 |website=AFA Watchbird, Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture |access-date=20 September 2018}}
- C. s. stellae - southeastern New Guinea
- C. s. goliathina - western and central New Guinea
- C. s. wahnesi - endemic to the Huon Peninsula
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