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Red-chinned Lorikeet

Vini rubrigularis(Sclater, PL, 1881)

English (US) Red-chinned Lorikeet

The Red-chinned Lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis) 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: New Ireland, New Britain, and Karkar Island (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Vini rubrigularis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-chinned Lorikeet
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1881)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Trichoglossus rubrigularis
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1881)
Type locality
New Britain.
Original description
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881, pt.2 p.451

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

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