Vini is a genus of birds in the family Psittaculidae that are endemic to the islands of the tropical Pacific.
There are eleven extant species of these small lorikeets ranging from the Bismark Archipelago through Fiji, Samoa, French Polynesia, and as far east as Henderson Island.
The genus Vini was introduced in 1833 by the French naturalist René Lesson for Kuhl's lorikeet.
[2][4][5] This genus formerly included only the blue-crowned, ultramarine, Stephen's, Kuhl's, and blue lorikeets (as well as the extinct Sinoto's and conquered lorikeets); the collared lory was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Phigys, and the remaining five species were placed in Charmosyna.
A molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets published in 2020 led to a revision of the generic boundaries.