Little lorikeet

Little lorikeet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Parvipsitta
Species:
P. pusilla
Binomial name
Parvipsitta pusilla
(Shaw, 1790)
The Distribution of the little lorikeet, Data from The Atlas of Living Australia

The little lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Australia. It is a small parrot, predominantly green in plumage with a red face. Its natural habitats are temperate eucalyptus forest and woodland, subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Glossopsitta pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.