Yellow-cheeked lorikeet

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Yellow-cheeked lorikeet

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Saudareos
Species:
S. meyeri
Binomial name
Saudareos meyeri
(Walden, 1871)

The yellow-cheeked lorikeet (Saudareos meyeri) is a species of

endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia
. It is generally common.

It was formerly considered conspecific with the Sula lorikeet and collectively called the citrine lorikeet.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Trichoglossus meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 July 2021.