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Musk lorikeet
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The musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) is a lorikeet, now the only species in the genus Glossopsitta.[2] It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The little lorikeet and the purple-crowned lorikeet were previously included in the genus. The musk lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now Sydney. John Latham described it as Psittacus australis. Its specific epithet is the Latin concinna "elegant".[3] Other common names include red-eared lorikeet, and green keet,[4] and formerly a local Sydney indigenous term coolich.[5] The names green leek and king parrot have been incorrectly applied to this species in the past.[4]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Loriini |
Genus: | Glossopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 |
Species: | G. concinna |
Binomial name | |
Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw, 1791) | |