Kuhl's Lorikeet (Vini kuhlii) | Photos and ID

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It is a fast flying lorikeet with vibrant plumage; a green back, wings and crown, a blue nape and legs and bright red undersides and cheeks. The average length is 19 centimetres (7.5 in) and the average weight is 55 grams (1.9 oz).

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When to see the Kuhl's Lorikeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Kuhl's Lorikeet

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cook Islands French Polynesia Kiribati

About the Kuhl's Lorikeet

Kuhl's lorikeet, also called the Rimitara lorikeet, Kuhl's lory, manu 'ura or kura, is a species of lorikeet in the family Psittaculidae. It is one of several species of Vini lorikeets found in islands ranging across the South Pacific. Nicholas Aylward Vigors named it kuhlii in 1824 after Heinrich Kuhl, a German ornithologist whose survey of the parrots Conspectus psittacorum had appeared in 1819.

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Easily confused with

Palm LorikeetVini palmarumThe palm lorikeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

Stephen's LorikeetVini stepheniThe lorikeets are 19 cm (7.5 in) in length and weigh 42–55 g (1.5–1.9 oz). Meek's LorikeetVini meekiMeek's lorikeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

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