Hypocharmosyna Explained

Hypocharmosyna is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae that are endemic to New Guinea, the Maluku Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Taxonomy

The genus Hypocharmosyna was introduced in 1891 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori with the red-flanked lorikeet as the type species.^[1] The genus was formerly considered as a junior synonym of the genus Charmosyna but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2020, Hypocharmosyna was resurrected for two species belonging to a clade that was deeply divergent from other members of Charmosyna.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The genus contains two species:^[4]

• Red-fronted lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna rubronotata)
• Red-flanked lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis)

Notes and References

1. Book: Salvadori, Tommaso . Tommaso Salvadori . 1891 . Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the collection of the British Museum . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . 20 . London . British Museum . 72 .
2. 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 . 10.1093/gbe/evaa113 . free . 32470111 . 7486955 .
3. 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 . 10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596. 2020EmuAO.120..201J . 222094508 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2021 . Parrots, cockatoos . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 21 July 2021 .