| Plum-faced lorikeet | |
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| Male with red crown and female with green crown | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: | Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877 |
| Species: | O. arfaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, 1874) | |
Theplum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as thewhiskered lorikeet,[2] is a species ofparrot in the familyPsittaculidae. It ismonotypic within the genusOreopsittacus.[2]It is found in theNew Guinea Highlands.
The plum-faced lorikeet is a mainly green small parrot about 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a long pointed tail. It has two white stripes under each eye. It has a narrow pointed blackbill and dark-brownirises. The adult male has a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead.[2]
The plum-faced lorikeet is the only species of the genusOreopsittacus and it has threesubspecies:[3]
OreopsittacusSalvadori 1877
The plum-faced lorikeet's native range is the mountains between about 2000 m to 3750 m of mainlandNew Guinea across both theIndonesian andPapua New Guinean zones of the island.[2]
