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Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Parvipsitta porphyrocephala(Dietrichsen, L, 1837)

English (US) Purple-crowned Lorikeet

The Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala) 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: southern Australia (southwestern Western Australia, southern South Australia including Kangaroo Island, western Victoria, and south-western New South Wales)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Described by
(Dietrichsen, L, 1837)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus
Described by
(Dietrichsen, L, 1837)
Type locality
New Holland = South Australia apud Mathews.
Original description
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17 p.553

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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