''Charmosyna'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoid ...

s in the family

Psittaculidae Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae. This family has been accepted into ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World' ...

Taxonomy

''Charmosyna'' contains the following three species: *

Josephine's lorikeet Josephine's lorikeet (''Charmosyna josefinae'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea (central range and Cyclops Mountains). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...

(''Charmosyna josefinae'') *

Papuan lorikeet The Papuan lorikeet (''Charmosyna papou'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Taxonomy and systematics The generic name ''Charmo ...

(''Charmosyna papou'') * Stella's lorikeet (''Charmosyna stellae'') The genus formerly included twelve additional species: pygmy lorikeet (''Charminetta wilhelminae''),

red-fronted lorikeet The red-fronted lorikeet (''Hypocharmosyna rubronotata''), also known as the red-spotted lorikeet or red-rumped lorikeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in northern New Guinea and the island of Biak. Its natural ha ...

(''Hypocharmosyna rubronotata''),

red-flanked lorikeet The red-flanked lorikeet (''Hypocharmosyna placentis'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in Mollucas, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests ...

(''Hypocharmosyna placentis''),

blue-fronted lorikeet The blue-fronted lorikeet (''Charmosynopsis toxopei'') also known as the Buru lorikeet, is a parrot endemic to the Indonesian island of Buru. Taxonomy This species was formerly placed in the genus ''Charmosyna''. It was moved to the resurrecte ...

(''Charmosynopsis toxopei''),

fairy lorikeet The fairy lorikeet (''Charmosynopsis pulchella'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Other common names include the little red lorikeet and the little red lory. Found in New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropica ...

(''Charmosynopsis pulchella''), striated lorikeet (''Synorhacma multistriata''),

duchess lorikeet The duchess lorikeet (''Charmosynoides margarethae'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Charmosynoides''. It is found throughout the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats ...

(''Charmosynoides margarethae''),

Meek's lorikeet Meek's lorikeet (''Vini meeki'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtro ...

(''Vini meeki''),

red-chinned lorikeet The red-chinned lorikeet (''Vini rubrigularis'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is native to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropic ...

(''Vini rubrigularis''),

palm lorikeet The palm lorikeet (''Vini palmarum'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane f ...

(''Vini palmarum''), red-throated lorikeet (''Vini amabilis''), and

New Caledonian lorikeet The New Caledonian lorikeet (''Vini diadema'') is a potentially extinct lorikeet endemic to the Melanesian island of New Caledonia. Taxonomy The New Caledonian lorikeet was formerly assigned to the genus ''Charmosyna''. It was moved to the ge ...

(''Vini diadema''). These were moved to other genera based on the results of a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study of the lorikeets published in 2020.

Photographs

File:Charmosyna papou goliathina1.jpg, Stella's lorikeet
(''Charmosyna stellae goliathina'')

References

Bird genera Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{parrot-stub