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Vini stepheni

[edit] Identification

19cm. Red-and-green, golden-yellow bill and eyes, dark green upperparts shading to golden-yellow at the tip of the wedge-shaped tail. Vivid red cheeks and underparts, dark purple patch on belly and a broken breast band across the chest that is green at the sides and purple in the centre.

[edit] Distribution

Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group, south-central Pacific Ocean.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Native forest, favouring forest edge, and in coconut palms along the shoreline.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes nectar, pollen and fruit and insects.

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