Species profile
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Quick answer
Semiarid lowlands of sw and se Australia, including Kangaroo I.
- Scientific name
- Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Glossopsitta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Anodorhynchus maximiliani (Anodorhynchus maximiliani)
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- Aratinga hockingi (Aratinga hockingi)
- Aratinga pintoi (Aratinga pintoi)