Sinoto's lorikeet (''Vini sinotoi'') 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 Psittacoide ...

that became extinct 700–1,300 years ago. It was identified from fossils on the

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in ...

. The species epithet commemorates anthropologist

Yosihiko H. Sinoto Yosihiko H. Sinoto (September 3, 1924 – October 4, 2017) was a Japanese-born American anthropologist at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is known for his anthropological expeditions throughout the Pacific, particularly Hawaii and ...

who collected the holotype in 1965.

References

* David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello, (1987) "Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological sites in the Marquesas Islands" ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 100: 518-528 Sinoto's lorikeet Birds of the Marquesas Islands Extinct birds of Oceania Holocene extinctions Late Quaternary prehistoric birds Sinoto's lorikeet {{parrot-stub