Ultramarine Lorikeet

Taxobox
name = Ultramarine Lorikeet


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
genus = "Vini"
species = "V. ultramarina"
binomial = "Vini ultramarina"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)
synonyms = The Ultramarine Lorikeet, Lori Ultramarin, or Lori Ultramar ("Vini ultramarina") is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22984/all Vini ultramarina] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1368&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]