Meek's lorikeet

Meek's lorikeet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Charmosyna
Species: C. meeki
Binomial name
Charmosyna meeki
(Rothschild & Hartert, 1901)

The Meek's lorikeet (Charmosyna meeki) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is found on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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