Lorikeets: Genus: Charmosyna


Lorikeets: Species, Distribution / Ranges

Genus: Charmosyna 
Biak Red-spotted Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubronotata kordoana)Biak Island, the largest of the Schouten Islands, off the northern coast of West Papua (the Indonesian part of New Guinea) at the entrance to Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay (part of Maluku Islands)
Duchess Lorikeets (Charmosyna margarethae)Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Fairy Lorikeets (Charmosyna pulchella pulchella)New Guinea
Golden-banded Lorikeets or Red-throated Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis)New Britain, New Ireland
Halmahera Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis intensior)Northern Moluccan / Maluku Islands, including Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands), Obi and Gebe, Indonesia
Hartert’s Fairy Lorikeets (Charmosyna pulchella rothschild)Western New Guinea
Josephine’s Lorikeets (Charmosyna josefinae)Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Karkar Red-chinned Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis krakari)Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea
Mayr’s Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis ornata)Western Papua Islands
Mount Goliath Lorikeets (Charmosyna p. goliathina)Mountains of central New Guinea
New Caledonian Lorikeets (Charmosyna diadema)New Caledonia
Palm or Green Palm Lorikeets (Charmosyna palmarum)Have a fluctuating range in the Santa Cruz islands of the Solomon Islands and in Vanuatu
Papuan Lorikeets (Charmosyna papou papou)New Guinea / mountains of Vogelkop Peninsular, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis)Seram, Pandjang, Ambelau; Kai and Aru Islands (Maluku Province) ; southern New Guinea east to upper reaches of Purari River, Papua-New Guinea; formerly also on Ambon
Red-chinned Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis)New Britain, New Ireland and Karkar Island off northern coast of New Guinea
Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis)Seram, Pandjang, Ambelau; Kai and Aru Islands (Maluku Province); southern New Guinea east to upper reaches of Purari River, Papua-New Guinea; formerly also on Ambon
Red-rumped or Red-spotted Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubronotata rubronotata)Salawati, Indonesia and northwest New Guinea
Red-throated Lorikeets (Charmosyna rubrigularis rubrigularis)New Britain, New Ireland
Sclater’s Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis subplacens)Eastern and northern New Guinea west to Bereina area and south to Sarmi District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Sepik Lorikeets (Charmosyna josefinae sepikiana)Mountains of Sepik region, from Vogelkop Peninsula east to Snow Mountains, Irian Jaya, Indonesia and western Papua New Guinea
Solomon Island Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis pallidior)Eastern and northern New Guinea west to Bereina area and south to Sarmi District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Island (Bougainville and Fead)
Stella’s Lorikeets (Charmosyna papou stellae)New Guinea
Striated Lorikeets (Charmosyna multistriata)Western New Guinea
Wahne’s Lorikeets (Charmosyna p. wahnesi)Mountains of Huon Peninsular and Adelbert Mountains, Papua New Guinea
Wilhelmina’s Lorikeets (Charmosyna wilhelminae)New Guinea
Yellow-streaked Lorikeets or Striated Lorikeets (Charmosyna multistriata)Western New Guinea

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