Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Charmosyna > Charmosyna rubrigularis

Charmosyna rubrigularis (Red-chinned Lorikeet)

Synonyms: Glossopsitta rubrigularis; Trichoglossus rubrigularis; Vini rubrigularis

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-chinned lorikeet (Charmosyna rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.It is endemic to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Charmosyna rubrigularis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.59065
EDGE Score: 1.52402
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  37 grams
Diet [2]  Nectarivore, Herbivore
Diet - Nectar [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
New Britain-New Ireland lowland rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
New Britain-New Ireland montane rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Diamond, JM & LeCroy, M. (1979). Birds of Karkar and Bagabag Islands, New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 164,467-531
♦ 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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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