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Plum-faced lorikeet

Oreopsittacus arfaki (A. B. Meyer, 1874)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 20 g to 20.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki)
Photo: Oreopsittacus_arfaki_(pair)_-captive-8a.jpg : TJ Lin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the plum-faced lorikeet

Weight
20.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the plum-faced lorikeet live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The plum-faced lorikeet is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the plum-faced lorikeet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Plum-faced lorikeet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plum-faced_lorikeet&oldid=1380441998), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the plum-faced lorikeet endangered?

The plum-faced lorikeet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the plum-faced lorikeet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusOreopsittacus
  7. SpeciesOreopsittacus arfaki (A. B. Meyer, 1874)

Synonyms Trichoglossus arfaki

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • lori becganxutCatalan
  • lori vousatýCzech
  • loricît barfogWelsh
  • ArfakloriDanish
  • BergzierloriGerman
  • ZierloriGerman
  • brida lorioEsperanto
  • Lori bigotudoSpanish
  • pisi-nestepapagoiEstonian
  • viiksilurikkiFinnish
  • Lori bridéFrench
  • dugokljuni loriCroatian
  • arfaki hegyi lóriHungarian
  • Perkici arfakIndonesian
  • Lorichetto facciaprugnaItalian
  • ヤマムスメインコJapanese
  • Naujosios Gvinėjos kalnų lorisLithuanian
  • BergloriDutch
  • skjeggloriNorwegian
  • arfakiankaPolish
  • lóri-de-bigodePortuguese
  • lóri-de-bigodesPortuguese
  • loriquito-de-faces-floridasPortuguese
  • Арфакский лорикетRussian
  • Новогвинейский горный лориRussian
  • lori čiernozobýSlovak
  • Lori iz gorja ArfakSerbian
  • blåstrupig lorikitSwedish
  • Mor Yüzlü LoriketTurkish
  • лорі гірськийUkrainian
  • 紫颊鹦鹉Chinese
  • 鬚吸蜜鸚鵡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the plum-faced lorikeet

Other species in the same family Psittaculidae.

LC, Least Concern
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Psittaculidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the plum-faced lorikeet?

An adult plum-faced lorikeet weighs 20.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the plum-faced lorikeet live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the plum-faced lorikeet for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the plum-faced lorikeet endangered?

The plum-faced lorikeet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the plum-faced lorikeet?

The plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/plum-faced-lorikeet

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{plum_faced_lorikeet_2026,
  title = {Plum-faced lorikeet (Oreopsittacus arfaki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plum-faced-lorikeet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}