The red-flanked lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in Mollucas, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Only the adult males have the red plumage on the head and sides.
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| A pair, female on left and male on right at Jurong Bird Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Hypocharmosyna |
| Species: | H. placentis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypocharmosyna placentis (Temminck, 1835)
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Taxonomy
editThis species was formerly placed in the genus Charmosyna. It was moved to the resurrected genus Hypocharmosyna based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020.[2][3][4]
Five subspecies are recognised:[4]
- H. p. intensior (Kinnear, 1928) – North Maluku, Gebe Island
- H. p. ornata (Mayr, 1940) – north-western New Guinea, west Papuan Islands
- H. p. pallidior (Rothschild & Hartert, E, 1905) – Woodlark Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville Island, western Solomon Islands
- H. p. placentis (Temminck, 1835) – South Maluku, Aru Islands, southern New Guinea
- H. p. subplacens (Sclater, PL, 1876) – eastern New Guinea
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Charmosyna placentis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Smith, B.T.; Mauck, W.M.I.; Benz, B.W.; Andersen, M.J. (2020). "Uneven missing data skew phylogenomic relationships within the lories and lorikeets". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (7): 1131–1147. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa113. PMC 7486955. PMID 32470111.
- ^ Joseph, L.; Merwin, J.; Smith, B.T. (2020). "Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 120 (3): 201–215. doi:10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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