Charmosyna


Charmosyna is a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae. The four currently recognized species inhabit moist forests on the island of New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Charmosyna contains the following four species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Striated lorikeetCharmosyna multistriatamountains of western New Guinea
Josephine's lorikeetCharmosyna josefinaemontane New Guinea
West Papuan lorikeetCharmosyna papouwestern New Guinea
Stella's lorikeetCharmosyna stellaemontane central west to northeast and southeast New Guinea

The genus formerly included twelve additional species: pygmy lorikeet, red-fronted lorikeet, red-flanked lorikeet, blue-fronted lorikeet, fairy lorikeet, striated lorikeet, duchess lorikeet, Meek's lorikeet, red-chinned lorikeet, palm lorikeet, red-throated lorikeet, and New Caledonian lorikeet. These were moved to other genera based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020.