Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Lionel Dietrichsen was the first to describe the species, in 1837.

Glossopsitta combines the Greek glossa (tongue) with psitta (parrot); porphyrocephala means purple-headed.

John and Elizabeth Gould, Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus (Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet) 1848
(two adults; sexes similar)

Jacques Christophe Werner (artist), Bénard and Frey (lithography company), La Psittacule de Florent, Nouv. Hollande between 1837 and 1838

Author’s note: This is the first published illustration of the species. It appeared in the rare supplement to Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, initially published in parts between 1835 and 1839.