Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Glossopsitta > Glossopsitta concinnaGlossopsitta concinna (Musk Lorikeet)Synonyms: Psittacus concinnus (homotypic) The musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) is a lorikeet, one of the three species of the genus Glossopsitta. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The musk lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now Sydney. John Latham described it as Psittacus australis. Its specific epithet is the Latin concinna "elegant". Other common names include red-eared lorikeet, and green keet, and formerly a local Sydney indigenous term coolich. The names green leek and king parrot have been incorrectly applied to this species in the past. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.82505 EDGE Score: 1.57382 |
Adult Weight [1] | 76 grams |  | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 30 % | Diet - Plants [2] | 40 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 10 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 40 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % |  | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | Mating Display [4] | Ground display | Mating System [4] | Monogamy | Maximum Longevity [5] | 12 years | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 9 inches (22 cm) |
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Australian Alps montane grasslands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eyre and York mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mount Lofty woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Naracoorte woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Queensland tropical rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southwest Australia savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Tasmanian Central Highland forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tirari-Sturt stony desert |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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