Meek's lorikeet explained

Meek's lorikeet (Vini meeki) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly assigned to the genus Charmosyna. It was moved to the genus Vini based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 7486955 .
  2. 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 .
  3. 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 .

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