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 lorikeet]Charmosyna 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.