# Shining parrot

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The **shining parrots**, ***Prosopeia***, are a genus of [parrots](/source/Parrot) in the family [Psittaculidae](/source/Psittaculidae).

The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the islands of [Fiji](/source/Fiji), although one species, the [maroon shining parrot](/source/Maroon_shining_parrot), has been [introduced](/source/Introduced_species) to [Tonga](/source/Tonga). The three species are also sometimes known as **musk parrots**.

The shining-parrots have long tails, a languid crow-like [flight](/source/Bird_flight) and very bright [plumage](/source/Plumage).

## Taxonomy

The genus *Prosopeia* was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist [Charles Lucien Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte) to accommodate a single species, the [masked shining parrot](/source/Masked_shining_parrot).[1][2] The genus name is from the [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) *prosōpeion* meaning "mask".[3] The genus now contains three species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution Prosopeia personata Masked shining parrot Viti Levu in Fiji Prosopeia tabuensis Maroon shining parrot Fiji and Tonga Prosopeia splendens Crimson shining parrot Fiji

## See also

- c. Birds of Fiji
- c. Parrots of Oceania

## References

1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). ["Tableau des perroquets"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13681224) (in French). *Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée*. **6**: 145–158 [153]. 2nd.

1. Peters, James Lee (ed.) (1937). [*Check-List of Birds of the World*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477965). Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 250.

1. Jobling, James A. (2010). [*The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names*](https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n318/mode/1up). London: Christopher Helm. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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