Blue Lorikeet
Vini peruviana(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Blue Lorikeet
The Blue Lorikeet (Vini peruviana) 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: Society Islands, Cook Islands, and western Tuamotu ArchipelagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vini peruviana
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Blue Lorikeet
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus peruvianus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Peru, error = Tahiti, substituted by Wetmore, antea, p. 193.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.80
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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