Loriini
Lories and lorikeets (tribe Loriini) are small to medium-sized arboreal parrots. They have special brush-tipped tongues to feed on nectar of blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.
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| Phigys solitarius in Ornithological miscellany 1876 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Loriini |
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Chalcopsitta | |
They are a monophyletic group in the parrot family Psittacidae. Sequence analysis and morphology show that the group is in the middle of other groups.
They are widely distributed throughout the Australasian region, including south-eastern Asia, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Australia, and the majority have very brightly coloured plumage.
Those studies show that the lories and lorikeets form a single group, closely related to the budgerigar and the fig parrots.[1][2][3][4][5]
Loriini Media
Oreopsittacus arfaki (pair) -captive-8a-4c
N309 w1150 (8006803741) (cropped 2)
Charmosyna placentis -Jurong Bird Park -pair-6a
Trichoglossus pulchellus = Charmosyna pulchella[1]
Josephine's Lorikeet (Charmosyna josefinae) at Loro Parque (Espane, Tenerife)
« Charmosyna margarethae » = Charmosyna margarethae (Duchess Lorikeet)
Vini australis -London Zoo, England-8a
Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
Lorius domicella -Jurong Bird Park, Singapore-8a-2c
Psitteuteles iris -San Diego Zoo -6
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References
- ↑ Wright T.F. et al 2008.. A multilocus molecular phylogeny of the parrots (Psittaciformes): support for a Gondwanan origin during the Cretaceous. Mol Biol Evol 25 (10) (2008). p. 2141–56. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn160.
- ↑ Astuti, Dwi et al 2006.. Phylogenetic relationships within parrots (Psittacidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene sequences.. Zoological Science 23 (2) (2006). p. 191–98. doi:10.2108/zsj.23.191.
- ↑ de Kloet R.S. & de Kloet S.R. 2005.. The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (3) (2005). p. 706–721. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.013.
- ↑ Tokita, Masayoshi. Evolution of craniofacial novelty in parrots through developmental modularity and heterochrony. Evolution & Development 9 (6) (2007). p. 590–601. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00199.x. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
- ↑ Christidis L. et al 1991. Relationships among the Australo-Papuan parrots, lorikeets, and cockatoos (Aves, Psittaciformes) - protein evidence.. Condor 93 (2) (1991). p. 302–17. doi:10.2307/1368946.