Parvipsitta

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title: "Parvipsitta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["parvipsitta", "endemic-birds-of-australia", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of birds" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvipsitta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of birds ::

|image=Glossopsitta pusilla loriak.jpg |image_caption=Parvipsitta pusilla |taxon=Parvipsitta |authority=Mathews, 1916 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Two; see text

Parvipsitta is a parrot genus of in the family Psittaculidae. They are native to Australia. The group was previously placed in the genus Glossopsitta. There are two species.

Species

|name=Purple-crowned lorikeet |binomial=Parvipsitta porphyrocephala |image=File:Purple crowned lorikeet (4989713000).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Dietrichsen |authority-year=1837 |authority-not-original=yes |range=Southern Australia including Kangaroo Island |range-image=File:Purple-crowned Lorikeet.png |range-image-size=180px |size=15 cm long. Dark purple crown. Yellow-orange forehead and ear-coverts, deepening to orange lores. Green upperparts, tinted bronze on the mantle and nape. Chin, chest and belly are powder blue. Yellowish-green under-tail coverts and thighs. Mostly green tail. Crimson patches are present under the wings in the male and not the female. |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=Little lorikeet |binomial=Parvipsitta pusilla |image=File:Little Lorikeet kobble.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Shaw |authority-year=1790 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Eastern and southern Australia including Tasmania although is uncommon there. |range-image=File:Little Lorriket.jpg |range-image-size=180px |size=15 cm long. Mainly green plumage. The crown, lores and throat are red, the nape and shoulder bronze-coloured. The underparts yellow-tinged. The bill is black and the iris golden in colour. |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

References

References

1. (5 July 2008). "Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004)". zoonomen.net.
2. BirdLife International. (2016). "''Glossopsitta porphyrocephala''".
3. BirdLife International. (2016). "''Glossopsitta pusilla''".

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