This large parrot inhabits Indonesian islands. It has a purple head and underparts, red chest, and green collar, and moves in groups through forest edges, woodland, and plantations. BirdLife’s assessment page uses Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet for the same scientific name.
A large, long-tailed lorikeet with a dark purple head and underparts, red chest, green collar, and red bill. Juveniles are duller and have a brownish bill.
It travels in groups and uses lowland to montane forest, secondary growth, plantations, and open forest edges. BirdLife describes it as nomadic and records it to about 2,150 m on Lombok.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.