Red-chinned lorikeet explained

The red-chinned lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.It is native to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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]}

The species was originally described as Trichoglossus rubrigularis by Philip Sclater in 1881. The generic name Vini is from the Tahitian name for the resident lorikeets. The specific epithet rubrigularis is from the Latin ruber, meaning red, and the Modern Latin gularis, meaning throated.^[4] Alternative names for the species include red-chinned lory.^[5]

The species is generally recognised as monotypic. However, some authorities split populations from Karkar Island as a distinct subspecies, V. r. krakari.

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 .
4. Book: Jobling, James A.. Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. 2010. 978-1-4081-3326-2. 340, 403.
5. Book: Beehler. Bruce. Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics. Pratt. Thane. Princeton University Press. 2016. 978-0-691-16424-3. 247.