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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2012}}{{Automatic Taxobox | image = Iris Lorikeet (Psitteuteles iris) -upper body-6-2c.jpg | image_caption =Iris lorikeet with a sunflower seed in its beak | taxon = Psitteuteles | authority = Bonaparte, 1854 }}Psitteuteles is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. TaxonomyThe genus Psitteuteles contains three species:[1] Psitteuteles, Bonaparte 1854- Psitteuteles versicolor, (Lear 1831) (varied lorikeet)
- Psitteuteles iris, (Temminck 1835) (iris lorikeet)
- Psitteuteles iris iris, (Temminck 1835)
- Psitteuteles iris wetterensis, (Hellmayr 1912)
- Psitteuteles goldiei, (Sharpe 1882) (Goldie's lorikeet)
SpeciesSpecies | Common and binomial names[1] | Image | Description | Range |
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Varied lorikeet (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.[2] | A monomorphic species native to northern Australia[3] | Iris lorikeet (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.[2] | Timor and Wetar Island[2][4] | Goldie's lorikeet (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.[2] | A monomorphic species native to the highlands of New Guinea (usually 1000 to 2200 m ASL)[2] of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea[5] |
References1. ^1 {{cite web | url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title = Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004) |date =2008-07-05 |publisher = www.zoonomen.net }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 Forshaw (2006). plate 14. 3. ^{{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=142394|title=Psitteuteles versicolor|downloaded=2 October 2009}} 4. ^{{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=142395|title=Psitteuteles iris|downloaded=2 October 2009}} 5. ^{{IUCN2008|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=142396|title=Glossopsitta concinna|downloaded=2 October 2009}}
Cited texts- {{Cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw | authorlink=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide|others =Illustrated by Frank Knight|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-09251-6 |page= |nopp = yes| year=2006 }}
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