Neopsittacus

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Neopsittacus
File:Neopsittacus musschenbroekii -two captive-8a.jpg
Yellow-billed lorikeet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Neopsittacus
Salvadori, 1875
Type species
Nanodes musschenbroekii[1]
Schlegel, 1871
Species

Two; see text

Neopsittacus is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. The genus contains two species, both of which are native to New Guinea.

Taxonomy

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The genus Neopsittacus contains two species and several subspecies:[2]


Genus Neopsittacus Salvadori, 1875 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-billed lorikeet

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Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
(Schlegel, 1871)

Two subspecies
  • Neopsittacus musschenbroekii major Neumann 1924
  • Neopsittacus musschenbroekii musschenbroekii (Schlegel 1871)
New Guinea Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Orange-billed lorikeet

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Neopsittacus pullicauda
Hartert, 1896

Three subspecies
  • Neopsittacus pullicauda alpinus Ogilvie-Grant 1914
  • Neopsittacus pullicauda pullicauda Hartert 1896
  • Neopsittacus pullicauda socialis Mayr 1931
New Guinea Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



References

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