Glossopsitta
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Glossopsitta is a genus of parrot
in the Psittacidae family. They are native to Australia
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Glossopsitta Bonaparte 1854
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
in the Psittacidae family. They are native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Taxonomy
There are three species:Glossopsitta Bonaparte 1854
- Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw 1791) (Musk LorikeetMusk LorikeetThe Musk Lorikeet is a lorikeet, one of the three species of the Glossopsitta genus. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The Musk Lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now...
)- Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw 1791)
- Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews 1915
- Glossopsitta pusilla (Shaw 1790) (Little LorikeetLittle LorikeetThe Little Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It is a small parrot, predominantly green in plumage with a red face...
) - Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen 1837) (Purple-crowned LorikeetPurple-crowned LorikeetThe Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Glossopsitta porphyrocephala, is a lorikeet found in scrub and mallee of southern Australia...
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Species
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| Purple-crowned Lorikeet Purple-crowned Lorikeet The Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Glossopsitta porphyrocephala, is a lorikeet found in scrub and mallee of southern Australia... (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala) |
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15 cm (6 in) 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. | Southern Australia including Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long... |
| Little Lorikeet Little Lorikeet The Little Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It is a small parrot, predominantly green in plumage with a red face... (Glossopsitta pusilla) |
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15 cm (6 in) 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 | Eastern and southern Australia including Tasmania although is uncommon there. |
| Musk Lorikeet Musk Lorikeet The Musk Lorikeet is a lorikeet, one of the three species of the Glossopsitta genus. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The Musk Lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now... (Glossopsitta concinna) |
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22 cm (8.5 in) long. Mainly green plumage. Red forehead, blue crown, and a distinctive yellow band on its wing. Both upper and lower mandibles of the beak are tipped with red and are darker near its base. The female has a smaller and paler area of blue on the crown than the male. | South-central and eastern Australia |