The red-chinned lorikeet (Vini rubrigularis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

It is native to New Britain, New Ireland, New Hannover and Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea.

It was moved to the genus Vini based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020.

[2][3][4] The species was originally described as Trichoglossus rubrigularis by Philip Sclater in 1881.

[4] However, some authorities split populations from Karkar Island as a distinct subspecies, V. r.