Meek's Lorikeet
Vini meeki(Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1901)
English (US) Meek's Lorikeet
The Meek's Lorikeet (Vini meeki) 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: Bougainville, Kolombangara, New Georgia, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal, and Malaita (northern and central Solomon Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vini meeki
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Meek's Lorikeet
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1901)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypocharmosyna meeki
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW; Hartert, EJO, 1901)
- Type locality
- Kulambangra Island, Solomon Islands.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 8 p.187
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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