Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae Scientific name definitions

23–25 cm. Plumage extensively red , with orange bill and legs, blue-streaked black patch from behind eye over rear crown and nape; black lower belly, flanks and thighs; olive-green mantle and wings , but red underwing-coverts; small dull blue rump patch; outer tail feathers proximally green, distally yellow, tail tipped yellow and underside all yellow. Female has yellow patch on upper rump. Immature has green or blue tinge in black. Race sepikiana has grey instead of blue in crown, more black on belly; cyclopum largely lacks any blue crown streaking, and is only faintly dusky on belly.

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Inhabits forest, forest edge and partly cultivated land, generally at middle elevations, 760–1770 m.

Calls include high-pitched screeches such as a shrill “skreet” and a quieter “tsit”, quite similar to C. pulchella.