loriine

📅 Updated:2026-09-03

🕒 Created:2026-09-03

🆔 ID:111609

Description

[color=species]Loriinae[/color] is a subfamily of Old World parrots, also referable by the collateral adjective [color=species]loriine[/color].

The subfamily is divided into three tribes: Cyclopsittini (the fig parrots), Loriini (the lorikeets), and Melopsittacini (the budgerigar).

Taxonomy

Tribe Cyclopsittini — fig parrot

Cyclopsitta
- Cyclopsitta desmarestii — large fig parrot
- Cyclopsitta diophthalma — double-eyed fig parrot
- Cyclopsitta edwardsii — Edwards' fig parrot
- Cyclopsitta salvadorii — Salvadori's fig parrot
Nannopsittacus
- Nannopsittacus gulielmitertii — blue-fronted fig parrot
- Nannopsittacus melanogenia — dusky-cheeked fig parrot
- Nannopsittacus nigrifrons — black-fronted fig parrot

Tribe Loriini

Tribe Loriini — lorikeet
- Chalcopsitta
  - Chalcopsitta atra — black lory
  - Chalcopsitta cardinalis — cardinal lory
  - Chalcopsitta duivenbodei — brown lory
  - Chalcopsitta fuscata — dusky lory
  - Chalcopsitta scintillata — yellow-streaked lory
- Charminetta
  - Charminetta wilhelminae — pygmy lorikeet
- Charmosyna
  - Charmosyna josefinae — Josephine's lorikeet
  - Charmosyna multistriata — striated lorikeet
  - Charmosyna papou — West Papuan lorikeet
  - Charmosyna stellae — Stella's lorikeet
- Charmosynopsis
  - Charmosynopsis pulchella — fairy lorikeet
  - Charmosynopsis toxopei — blue-fronted lorikeet
- Glossoptilus
  - Glossoptilus goldiei — Goldie's lorikeet
- Hypocharmosyna
  - Hypocharmosyna placentis — red-flanked lorikeet
  - Hypocharmosyna rubronotata — red-fronted lorikeet
- Lorius — true lory
  - Lorius albidinucha — white-naped lory
  - Lorius chlorocercus — yellow-bibbed lory
  - Lorius domicella — purple-naped lory
  - Lorius garrulus — chattering lory
  - Lorius hypoinochrous — purple-bellied lory
  - Lorius lory — black-capped lory
- Neopsittacus
  - Neopsittacus musschenbroekii — yellow-billed lorikeet
  - Neopsittacus pullicauda — orange-billed lorikeet
- Oreopsittacus
  - Oreopsittacus arfaki — plum-faced lorikeet
- Parvipsitta
  - Parvipsitta porphyrocephala — purple-crowned lorikeet
  - Parvipsitta pusilla — little lorikeet
- Psitteuteles
  - Psitteuteles versicolor — varied lorikeet
- Trichoglossus
  - Trichoglossus borneus — red lory
  - Trichoglossus capistratus — marigold lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus — scaly-breasted lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus concinnus — musk lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus cyanogenius — black-winged lory
  - Trichoglossus euteles — olive-headed lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus flavoviridis — Sula lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus forsteni — sunset lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus haematodus — coconut lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus histrio — red-and-blue lory
  - Trichoglossus iris — iris lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus johnstoniae — Mindanao lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus meyeri — yellow-cheeked lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus moluccanus — rainbow lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus ornatus — ornate lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus reticulatus — blue-streaked lory
  - Trichoglossus rosenbergii — Biak lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus rubiginosus — Pohnpei lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus rubritorquis — red-collared lorikeet
  - Trichoglossus semilarvatus — blue-eared lory
  - Trichoglossus squamatus — violet-necked lory
  - Trichoglossus weberi — leaf lorikeet
- Vini
  - Vini amabilis — red-throated lorikeet
  - Vini australis — blue-crowned lorikeet
  - Vini diadema — New Caledonian lorikeet
  - Vini kuhlii — Kuhl's lorikeet
  - Vini margarethae — duchess lorikeet
  - Vini meeki — Meek's lorikeet
  - Vini palmarum — palm lorikeet
  - Vini peruviana — blue lorikeet
  - Vini rubrigularis — red-chinned lorikeet
  - Vini solitaria — collared lory
  - Vini stepheni — Stephen's lorikeet
  - Vini ultramarina — ultramarine lorikeet

Tribe Melopsittacini

Melopsittacus
- Melopsittacus undulatus — budgerigar

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avian
- Class Aves — bird
  - Order Psittaciformes — parrot
    - Superfamily Psittacoidea — true parrot
      - Family Psittaculidae — Old World parrot
        Subfamily Loriinae

loriine

Description

Tribe Cyclopsittini — fig parrot

Tribe Melopsittacini

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