Saudareos

Saudareos is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.^[1] Species identified within this genus include lorikeets from the Philippines and Indonesia.

Saudareos
Mindanao lorikeet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Tribe:	Loriini
Genus:	Saudareos Joseph et al, 2020
Type species
Psittacus ornatus Ornate lorikeet Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

The genus Saudareos was introduced in 2020 for a clade of lorikeets that form a sister clade to Eos. The type species is the ornate lorikeet. The genus name combines the Indonesian language "saudara" meaning "sister" with the genus name Eos. The genus contains three species which were formerly assigned to Trichoglossus and one that was assigned to Psitteuteles.^[2][3] The genus contains the following five species:^[3]

Genus Saudareos – Joseph et al, 2020 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Mindanao lorikeet	Saudareos johnstoniae (Hartert, EJO, 1903) Two subspecies S. j. johnstoniae S. j. pistra	Mindanao, Philippines.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Sula lorikeet	Saudareos flavoviridis (Wallace, 1863)	Sula Islands in Indonesia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-cheeked lorikeet	Saudareos meyeri (Walden, 1871)	Sulawesi in Indonesia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Ornate lorikeet	Saudareos ornata (Linnaeus, 1758)	Sulawesi archipelago in Indonesia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Iris lorikeet	Saudareos iris (Temminck, 1835) Three subspecies S. i iris S. i. wetterensis S. i. rubripileum	Lesser Sundas.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT