Pygmy Lorikeet
Charminetta wilhelminae(Meyer, AB, 1874)
English (US) Pygmy Lorikeet
The Pygmy Lorikeet (Charminetta wilhelminae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: mountains of New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula to Owen Stanley Range)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Charminetta wilhelminae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pygmy Lorikeet
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trichoglossus Wilhelminae
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Type locality
- West coast of Geelvink Bay.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 22, no.125 p.55,56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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