Charmosyna

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Charmosyna
Josephine's lorikeet (Charmosyna josefinae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Genus: Charmosyna
Wagler, 1832
Type species
Psittacus papuensis[1]
Gmelin, 1788

Charmosyna is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae. The four currently recognized species inhabit moist forests on the island of New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Charmosyna contains the following four species:[2]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Striated lorikeetCharmosyna multistriatamountains of western New Guinea (Snow Mountains to Chimbu Province)
Josephine's lorikeetCharmosyna josefinaemontane New Guinea (except southeast)
West Papuan lorikeetCharmosyna papouwestern New Guinea (montane forest of Bird's Head Peninsula)
Stella's lorikeetCharmosyna stellaemontane central west to northeast (Adelbert Range and Huon Peninsula) and southeast New Guinea

The genus formerly included twelve additional species: pygmy lorikeet (Charminetta wilhelminae), red-fronted lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna rubronotata), red-flanked lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis), blue-fronted lorikeet (Charmosynopsis toxopei), fairy lorikeet (Charmosynopsis pulchella), striated lorikeet (Synorhacma multistriata), duchess lorikeet (Charmosynoides margarethae), Meek's lorikeet (Vini meeki), red-chinned lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis), palm lorikeet (Vini palmarum), red-throated lorikeet (Vini amabilis), and New Caledonian lorikeet (Vini diadema). These were moved to other genera based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Smith, B.T.; Mauck, W.M.I.; Benz, B.W.; Andersen, M.J. (2020). "Uneven missing data skew phylogenomic relationships within the lories and lorikeets". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (7): 1131–1147. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa113. PMC 7486955. PMID 32470111.
  4. ↑ Joseph, L.; Merwin, J.; Smith, B.T. (2020). "Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 120 (3): 201–215. Bibcode:2020EmuAO.120..201J. doi:10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596. S2CID 222094508.