The Leaf Lorikeet is endemic to Flores, Indonesia. It is reported from rainforest, Casuarina woodland and secondary forest; its dark green head is streaked.
It has a dark green, streaked head, a paler green breast and hind collar, and yellow-green underwing coverts.
It occurs in rainforest, Casuarina woodland and secondary forest. Field surveys recorded small groups in hill forest in western Flores and Mbeliling Forest Reserve; some overhead sightings may have been birds travelling over the site.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.