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| Psitteuteles | |
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| Varied lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: | Psitteuteles Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Synonyms | |
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Parvipsitta Mathews, 1916 | |
Psitteuteles is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae. The three species in the genus are native to Australia.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Psitteuteles was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte who listed several species in the genus but did not specify the type species.[1][2] In 1855 George Gray designated the type as Psittacus versicolor Vigors (i.e. Psittacus versicolor Lear), the varied lorikeet.[3] The genus name is from the binomial Psittacus euteles that the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck had introduced in 1835 for the olive-headed lorikeet. This species is now placed in the genus Trichoglossus.[4][5]
The genus contains three species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Varied lorikeet | Psitteuteles versicolor | northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to southwestern Cape York Peninsula, southern Queensland) |
 | Little lorikeet | Psitteuteles pusillus | eastern and southeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, southern Queensland, southward to southeastern South Australia) |
.jpg) | Purple-crowned lorikeet | Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus | southern Australia (southwestern Western Australia, southern South Australia including Kangaroo Island, western Victoria, and south-western New South Wales) |
References
[edit]- ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Tableau des perroquets". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. 2nd series (in French). 6: 145–158 [157].
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 151.
- ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 88.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Psitteuteles". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025. See Errata.
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