The red-flanked lorikeet (''Hypocharmosyna placentis'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in

Mollucas The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...

, New Guinea and the

Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...

. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Only the adult males have the red plumage on the head and sides.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus '' Charmosyna''. It was moved to the resurrected genus '' Hypocharmosyna'' based on a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study published in 2020. Five

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

are recognised: * ''H. p. intensior'' (Kinnear, 1928) – North Maluku, Gebe Island * ''H. p. ornata'' (Mayr, 1940) – north-western New Guinea, west Papuan Islands * ''H. p. pallidior'' (Rothschild & Hartert, E, 1905) – Woodlark Island,

Bougainville Island Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area is ...

, western Solomon Islands * ''H. p. placentis'' (Temminck, 1835) – South Maluku, Aru Islands, southern New Guinea * ''H. p. subplacens'' (Sclater, PL, 1876) – eastern New Guinea

References

red-flanked lorikeet Birds of the Maluku Islands Birds of New Guinea Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago red-flanked lorikeet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{parrot-stub