Rainbow Lorikeet
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Ellura
Rainbow Lorikeet
Just hangin'
 
                      
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus ssp moluccanus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family: Parrot (Psittacidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus ssp moluccanus)
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Synonym: Trichoglossus moluccanus

Thank you Andrew Allen & P Sweet for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
Raucous. Orange beak, purple head + rump, yellow shoulder, bright green back, red breast

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 28-Nov-2011
This species is classed as RA (Rare) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)