Glossopsitta

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Kingdom Animalia Family Psittaculidae Tribe Loriini Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Loriinae Scientific name Glossopsitta Higher classification Lories and lorikeets Order Parrot

Lower classifications Musk lorikeet, Purple‑crowned lorikeet, Little lorikeet

Little lorikeet glossopsitta pusilla

Glossopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. They are native to Australia.

There are three species:

Glossopsitta Bonaparte 1854

Glossopsitta concinna (Shaw 1791) (musk lorikeet)

Glossopsitta concinna concinna (Shaw 1791)

Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews 1915

Glossopsitta pusilla (Shaw 1790) (little lorikeet)

Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen 1837) (purple-crowned lorikeet)

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