The Sula lorikeet (''Saudareos flavoviridis'') is a species of

parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittaco ...

in the family

Psittaculidae Psittaculidae is a family containing Old World parrots. It consists of five subfamilies: Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae Platycercinae is a subfamily of birds belonging to the family Psittaculidae that inhabit Oceania. It consists of ...

. It is

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to the

Sula Islands The Sula Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula) is one of the regencies in North Maluku province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 3,338.67 km2 and consists of two of the three large islands comprising the Sula Archipelago, together w ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It is found in forest and woodland at altitudes up to 2400 m.Coates, B. J., & K. D. Bishop (1997). ''A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea.'' pp. 334-335. Dove Publications Pty. Ltd. It is generally common.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in the genus ''

Trichoglossus ''Trichoglossus'' is a genus of lorikeet in the Psittaculidae or true parrot superfamily. The genus is distributed widely through Australia, Wallacea and Melanesia, with outliers in the Philippines and Micronesia. Members of the genus are cha ...

'' but was moved to a newly introduced genus ''

Saudareos ''Saudareos'' is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Saudareos'' was introduced in 2020 for a clade of lorikeets that form a sister clade to ''Eos''. The type species is the ornate lorikeet. The genus name combin ...

'' based on the results of a molecular genetic analysis of the lorikeets published in 2020. It was formerly considered conspecific with the

yellow-cheeked lorikeet The yellow-cheeked lorikeet (''Saudareos meyeri'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is generally common. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Sula lorikeet and collecti ...

and collectively called the

citrine lorikeet Citrine lorikeet has been split into the following species: * Sula lorikeet, ''Saudareos flavoviridis'' * Yellow-cheeked lorikeet The yellow-cheeked lorikeet (''Saudareos meyeri'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is ende ...

Description

The Sula lorikeet is a mainly green parrot about 20 cm (8.0 in) long. Its

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is orange. In the nominate subspecies the head and chest are yellow, the latter narrowly scaled with green, and the

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s and region near the bill are dark, often appearing almost blackish.

References

External links

Photos of the Yellow-and-green Lorikeet (both subspecies).
The Internet Bird Collection.
Oriental Bird Images: ''Citrine Lorikeet''
Selected photos Saudareos Birds described in 1863 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{parrot-stub