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Stephen's lorikeet

Vini stepheni (North, 1908)

VUVulnerableparrots

The stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 46.5 g to 55 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni)
Photo: Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the stephen's lorikeet

Weight
46.5 g – 55 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
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the stephen's lorikeet live?

Not recorded

What is the stephen's lorikeet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni), also known as the Henderson lorikeet or the Henderson Island Lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands of the South Pacific.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss and the accidental introduction of predators to the island.

From the Wikipedia article “Stephen's lorikeet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%27s_lorikeet&oldid=1347770414), 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 stephen's lorikeet endangered?

The stephen's lorikeet is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the stephen's lorikeet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusVini
  7. SpeciesVini stepheni (North, 1908)

Synonyms Calliptilus stepheni, Coriphilus stepheni, Vini hendersoni

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Henderson lorikeetEnglish
  • Henderson lorikeetEnglish
  • lori de l'illa HendersonCatalan
  • charmozin zelenotemennýCzech
  • vini zelenotemennýCzech
  • lori StephenWelsh
  • Henderson LoriDanish
  • Henderson-LoriGerman
  • hendersona lorioEsperanto
  • Lori de StephenSpanish
  • hendersoni nestepapagoiEstonian
  • kookoslurikkiFinnish
  • Lori de StephenFrench
  • Vini de StephenFrench
  • hendersonski loriCroatian
  • henders-szigeti lóriHungarian
  • henderson-szigeti pálmalóriHungarian
  • Lorichetto di StephenItalian
  • ムネムラサキインコJapanese
  • Hendersono loris atsiskyrėlisLithuanian
  • Stephens LoriDutch
  • loreczka przepasanaPolish
  • lóri-da-hendersonPortuguese
  • loriquito-de-hendersonPortuguese
  • Питкэрнский лори-отшельникRussian
  • Хендерсонов лори-отшельникRussian
  • lori červenoprsýSlovak
  • Hendersonov loriSerbian
  • hendersonlorikitSwedish
  • Stephen LoriketiTurkish
  • лорі-віні гендерсонськийUkrainian
  • 斯氏鹦鹉Chinese
  • 史蒂芬氏吸蜜鸚鵡Chinese

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Other species in the same genus Vini.

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Common questions

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How big is the stephen's lorikeet?

An adult stephen's lorikeet weighs 46.5 g – 55 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the stephen's lorikeet endangered?

The stephen's lorikeet is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the stephen's lorikeet?

The stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stephens-lorikeet

MLA

“Stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stephens-lorikeet.

BibTeX
@misc{stephens_lorikeet_2026,
  title = {Stephen's lorikeet (Vini stepheni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stephens-lorikeet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}