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Fairy lorikeet
The fairy lorikeet (''Charmosyna pulchella'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Other common names include the little red lorikeet and the little red lory. Found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its colouration is mainly red with some yellow on the throat and green on the wings. Two subspecies are recognised, ''C. p. pulchella'' and ''C. p. rothschildi''.
== Description ==
The fairy lorikeet grows to a length of about and weighs between . The male of the nominate subspecies, ''C. p. pulchella'', has the head, nape, breast and underparts red, the breast sometimes being streaked with yellow. The back of the crown has a purplish spot. The mantle, back and wings are dark green, as are the upper tail coverts. The upper side of the tail is green tipped with yellow and the central tail feathers are red towards their tips. The underside of the tail is yellow and the thighs are dark purple. The beak is orange and the eye yellowish-orange. The female is similar but the lower back is yellowish-green and the sides of the rump and flanks are yellow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fairy lorikeet )〕
The male ''C. p. rothschildi'' differs in that the breast is green streaked with yellow, the dark spot on the crown is larger and extends forward to the eye and fades backwards into the green mantle. The upper tail coverts are washed with yellow and the belly is dark purple. The female has a wide green breast band streaked with yellow and a greenish-yellow patch on the side of the rump.〔
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