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| status = LC
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22684714/0 |title=''Oreopsittacus arfaki'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013|ref=harv}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Oreopsittacus arfaki'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22684714A93043124 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684714A93043124.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Oreopsittacus
| genus = Oreopsittacus
| parent_authority = [[Tommaso Salvadori|Salvadori]], 1877
| parent_authority = [[Tommaso Salvadori|Salvadori]], 1877
| display_parents = 2
| species = arfaki
| species = arfaki
| authority = ([[Adolf Bernard Meyer|Meyer]], 1874)
| authority = ([[Adolf Bernard Meyer|Meyer]], 1874)
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The '''plum-faced lorikeet''' (''Oreopsittacus arfaki''), also known as the '''whiskered lorikeet''',<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 22."/> is a species of [[parrot]] in the family [[Psittaculidae]]. It is [[monotypic]] within the genus '''''Oreopsittacus'''''.<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 22."/>
The '''plum-faced lorikeet''' ('''''Oreopsittacus arfaki'''''), also known as the '''whiskered lorikeet''',<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 22."/> is a species of [[parrot]] in the family [[Psittaculidae]]. It is [[monotypic]] within the genus '''''Oreopsittacus'''''.<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 22."/>
It is found in the [[New Guinea Highlands]].
It is found in the [[New Guinea Highlands]].


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==Cited texts==
==Cited texts==
* {{cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw | authorlink=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/parrotsofworldid0000fors |url-access=registration |others =Illustrated by [[Frank Knight (artist)|Frank Knight]]|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-09251-6 |page= |nopp = yes| year=2006 }}
* {{cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw | author-link=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/parrotsofworldid0000fors |url-access=registration |others =Illustrated by [[Frank Knight (artist)|Frank Knight]]|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-09251-6 | year=2006 }}


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[[Category:Birds of the New Guinea Highlands]]
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[[Category:Birds of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1874|plum-faced lorikeet]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1874|plum-faced lorikeet]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

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Plum-faced lorikeet
Male with red crown and female with green crown
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the whiskered lorikeet,[2] is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus.[2] It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.

Description

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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 black bill and dark-brown irises. The adult male has a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead.[2]

Taxonomy

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The plum-faced lorikeet is the only species of the genus Oreopsittacus and it has three subspecies:[3]

Oreopsittacus Salvadori 1877

  • Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, AB 1874)
    • Oreopsittacus arfaki arfaki (Meyer, AB 1874) (red-orange abdomen)
    • Oreopsittacus arfaki grandis Ogilvie-Grant 1895 (green abdomen)
    • Oreopsittacus arfaki major Ogilvie-Grant 1914 (red-orange abdomen and larger)

Range

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The plum-faced lorikeet's native range is the mountains between about 2000 m to 3750 m of mainland New Guinea across both the Indonesian and Papua New Guinean zones of the island.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Oreopsittacus arfaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684714A93043124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684714A93043124.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Forshaw (2006). plate 22."
  3. ^ "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.022)". www.zoonomen.net. 2009-03-28.

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