Hypocharmosyna
| Hypocharmosyna | |
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| Red-flanked lorikeets | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: | Hypocharmosyna Salvadori, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Psittacus placentis Red-flanked lorikeet Temminck, 1834
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Hypocharmosyna is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae that are endemic to New Guinea, the Maluku Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.
Taxonomy
The genus Hypocharmosyna was introduced in 1891 by the Italian zoologist
molecular phylogenetic study in 2020, Hypocharmosyna was resurrected for two species belonging to a clade that was deeply divergent from other members of Charmosyna.[2][3][4]
The genus contains two species:[4]
- Red-fronted lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna rubronotata)
- Red-flanked lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis)
References
- ^ Salvadori, Tommaso (1891). Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 20. London: British Museum. p. 72.
- PMC 7486955.
- S2CID 222094508.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 July 2021.