Glossopsitta

Taxobox
name = Glossopsitta

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image_caption = Musk Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta concinna)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Loriinae
genus = "Glossopsitta"

"Glossopsitta" is a genus of parrot in the Psittacidae family. They are native to Australia, and the Little Lorikeet is also native in Tasmania although it is uncommon there.

Taxonomy

There are three species:cite web | url =http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/psit.html |title = Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Psittaciformes (Version 9.004) |date =2008-07-05 |publisher = www.zoonomen.net ]
* Purple-crowned Lorikeet ("Glossopsitta porphyrocephala")
* Little Lorikeet ("Glossopsitta pusilla")
* Musk Lorikeet ("Glossopsitta concinna")

pecies

References