Taxonomy

• Psitteuteles versicolor, (Lear 1831) (Varied Lorikeet
  Varied Lorikeet
  The Varied Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to northern Australia.-Description:...
  
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• Psitteuteles iris, (Temminck 1835) (Iris Lorikeet
  Iris Lorikeet
  The Iris Lorikeet, Psitteuteles iris is a small, up to 20 cm long, green lorikeet. The male has a red forehead, yellow nape, purple band back from eye between nape and cheek, and yellowish below...
  
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  • Psitteuteles iris iris, (Temminck 1835)
  • Psitteuteles iris wetterensis, (Hellmayr 1912)
• Psitteuteles goldiei, (Sharpe 1882) (Goldie's Lorikeet
  Goldie's Lorikeet
  The Goldie's Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in forest and woodland in New Guinea, primarily at altitudes of 1000-2200 m.a.s.l. It is mostly green with yellowish streaks in the chest area, and a red, blue and purple head. It is said to resemble a watermelon...
  
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Species

Species
Common and binomial names	Image	Description	Range
Varied Lorikeet Varied Lorikeet The Varied Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to northern Australia.-Description:... (Psitteuteles versicolor)		19 cm (7.5 in) long. Mainly green with short yellow longitudinal streaks. The lores, forehead, and crown are red. The beak is red, the bare eye-rings are white, the lores are bare, and the irises are orange-yellow. The upper breast is mauve with longitudinal yellow streaks. The legs are bluish-grey. Females are duller and have less the red on the head.	A monomorphic species native to northern 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...
Iris Lorikeet Iris Lorikeet The Iris Lorikeet, Psitteuteles iris is a small, up to 20 cm long, green lorikeet. The male has a red forehead, yellow nape, purple band back from eye between nape and cheek, and yellowish below... (Psitteuteles iris)		20 cm (8 in) long. Mostly green with pale-green transverse striations on its underside. The top of the head is red and there is a purple band from the eyes extending over the ears. The beak is red-orange, the iris is orange, and the legs are bluish-grey. The red on the head of the female is paler and less extensive. The extent and shade of the red and purple on the head varies between two or three subspecies.	Timor Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...  and Wetar Wetar The tropical island of Wetar belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Barat Daya Islands . It lies east of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which include nearby Alor and Timor, but it is politically part of the Maluku Islands...  Island
Goldie's Lorikeet Goldie's Lorikeet The Goldie's Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in forest and woodland in New Guinea, primarily at altitudes of 1000-2200 m.a.s.l. It is mostly green with yellowish streaks in the chest area, and a red, blue and purple head. It is said to resemble a watermelon... (Psitteuteles goldiei)		19 cm (7.5 in) long. It is mainly green, and its underside is yellow-green with dark green longitudinal streaks. It has red plumage over the crown, which is less extensive in the female. The back of its head is blue, its cheeks are mainly mauve and blue, its beak is black, and its irises are brown. Its legs are greenish-brown.	A monomorphic species native to the highlands of New Guinea New Guinea New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...  (usually 1000 to 2200 m ASL) of Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...  and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...