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Shining-Parrots
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Shining-Parrots

Prosopeia

The shining parrots, Prosopeia, are a genus of parrots in the family Psittaculidae.

The genus is endemic to the islands of Fiji, although one species, the maroon shining parrot, has been introduced to Tonga. The three species are also sometimes known as musk parrots.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Masked Shining-Parrot

speciesProsopeia personata

Red Shining-Parrot

speciesProsopeia tabuensis

Crimson Shining-Parrot

speciesProsopeia splendens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19043.