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Red-chinned Lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis)

Red-chinned Lorikeet
Photo: Artwork by John Gerard Keulemans (1842-1912). via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain — free for commercial reuse.

About the Red-chinned Lorikeet

The red-chinned lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is native to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly assigned to the genus Charmosyna. It was moved to the genus Vini based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020.

Source: Red-chinned lorikeet on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 1 recording for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.