Sinoto's Lorikeet
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The Sinoto's Lorikeet is a species of parrot
that became extinct 700–1300 years ago. It was identified from fossils on the Marquesas Islands
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The species epithet commemorates anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto
who collected the holotype in 1965.
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
that became extinct 700–1300 years ago. It was identified from fossils on the Marquesas Islands
Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands enana and Te Fenua `Enata , both meaning "The Land of Men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9° 00S, 139° 30W...
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The species epithet commemorates anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto
Yosihiko H. Sinoto
Yosihiko H. Sinoto is a Japanese-born American anthropologist at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii...
who collected the holotype in 1965.