Varied lorikeet | |
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In Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Loriini |
Genus: | Psitteuteles Bonaparte, 1854 |
Species: | P. versicolor
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Binomial name | |
Psitteuteles versicolor (Lear, 1831)
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The varied lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor), is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is endemic to the northern coastal regions of Australia. It is the only species in the genus Psitteuteles.