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Blue-crowned Lorikeet

Vini australis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

English (US) Blue-crowned Lorikeet

The Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) 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: Wallis and Futuna Islands, southeastern Fiji (southern Lau Archipelago), Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, and Niue (western Polynesia)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Vini australis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Blue-crowned Lorikeet
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Psittacus australis
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Type locality
Sandwich Islands, error = Samoa Islands.
Original description
Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.329

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

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