Oreopsittacus
| Plum-faced lorikeet | |
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| Male with red crown and female with green crown | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Loriinae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: |
Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877 |
| Species: | O. arfaki |
| Binomial name | |
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Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, 1874) |
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The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the whiskered lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus. It is found in the New 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 black bill and dark-brown irises. The adult male has a red forehead and the adult female has a green forehead.
The plum-faced lorikeet is the only species of the genus Oreopsittacus and it has three subspecies:
Oreopsittacus Salvadori 1877
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.
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