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ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina)
Subject: ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina)
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Monograph.of.lorie.00.miva 0206b Coriphilus ultramarinus - ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina).jpg
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ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina)


Coriphilus ultramarinus = Vini ultramarina
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Source St. George Mivart, F.R.S.: A monograph of the lories, or brush-tongued parrots : composing the family Loriidae (1896) Published 1896 by R.H. Porter in London. Plate XXVII
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monographoflorie00miva_0206b_Coriphilus_ultramarinus.jpg

The ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations. It is threatened mainly by introduction of the black rat and also by deforestation.
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Loriinae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Vini
Species: Vini ultramarina (Kuhl, 1820)

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Scientific Name: Vini ultramarina (Kuhl, 1820)
Common Names: Ultramarine Lorikeet, Ultramarine Lory
French: Lori ultramarin; German: Ultramarinlori; Spanish: Lori ultramar;
Taxonomy: Psittacus ultramarinus Kuhl, 1820, New Holland?; error = Marquesas Islands.

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