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Sinoto's lorikeet

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Extinct species of bird

Sinoto's Lorikieet
Temporal range: Holocene
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Vini
Species: V. sinotoi
Binomial name
Vini sinotoi
Steadman & Zarriello 1987

The Sinoto's lorikeet (Vini sinotoi) is a species of parrot that became extinct 700–1300 years ago. It was identified from fossils on the Marquesas Islands.

The species epithet commemorates anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto who collected the holotype in 1965.

References

  • David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello, (1987) "Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological sites in the Marquesas Islands" Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100: 518-528
Lories and lorikeets (Tribe: Loriini)
GenusSpecies (taxonomy note: * indicates taxa that may classified as a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet or a separate species)
(extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)
Chalcopsitta
Eos
Pseudeos
Trichoglossus
Saudareos
Psitteuteles
Glossoptilus
Lorius
Vini
Glossopsitta
Parvipsitta
Charmosyna
Charminetta
Hypocharmosyna
Charmosynopsis
Synorhacma
Charmosynoides
Neopsittacus
Taxon identifiers
Vini sinotoi


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