Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet: Profile

Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus ssp moluccanus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Parrots (Psittaciformes)

Family:

Parrot (Psittacidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus ssp moluccanus)

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Synonym:

Trichoglossus haematodus ssp 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, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
Raucous. Orange beak, purple head + rump, yellow shoulder, bright green back, red breast.
As can be seen by the binomial name, this is the nominate subspecies.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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