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 Psittaco ...

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 Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of ...

. The species epithet commemorates anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto 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