The plum-faced lorikeet (''Oreopsittacus arfaki''), also known as the whiskered lorikeet,
is a species of
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 ...
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' ...
. It is
monotypic
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within the genus ''Oreopsittacus''.
It is found in the
New Guinea Highlands
The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, is a long chain of mountain ranges on the island of New Guinea, including the island's tallest peak, Puncak Jaya , the highest mountain in Oceania. The range is home ...
.
Description
The plum-faced lorikeet is a mainly green small parrot about long with a long pointed tail. It has two white stripes under each eye. It has a narrow pointed black
bill
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Plac ...
and dark-brown
iris
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es. 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
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:
''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
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
across both the
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n and
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
n zones of the island.
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Birds of New Guinea
plum-faced lorikeet
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.
Descriptio ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot