blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana), ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina) Coriphilus taitianus = Vini peruviana
Coriphilus ultramarinus = Vini ultramarina
Date 1896
Source John Gerrard Keulemans. A monograph of the lories, or brush-tongued parrots : composing the family Loriidae by St. George Jackson Mivart. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8006799446/)
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Loriidae_-_Plate_XXVII.jpg
The blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana) is a small lorikeet from French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. It is also known as the Tahiti lorikeet, violet lorikeet, Tahitian lory, blue lory, nunbird, and the indigo lory. It was formerly found on 23 islands around Tahiti, but now restricted to perhaps eight islands: Motu, Manuae, Tikehau, Rangiroa, Aratua, Kaukura, Apataki, Aitutaki, and possibly Harvey Island and Manihi.
The ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations. It is threatened mainly by introduction of the black rat and also by deforestation.