Plum-faced lorikeet
| Plum-faced lorikeet | |
|---|---|
| Male with red crown and female with green crown | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: | Oreopsittacus Salvadori, 1877 |
| Species: | O. arfaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreopsittacus arfaki (Meyer, 1874) | |
The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki), also known as the whiskered lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsittacus. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.