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 LC    Rainbow Lorikeet* Id (Atlas):
    Trichoglossus haematodus

Description (10)
Image of Rainbow Lorikeet
 

Other Names (World)
Coconut Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet (moluccanus), Coconut Lory, Red-collared Lorikeet (rubritorquis), Green-naped Lorikeet (haematodus), Massena's Lorikeet (massena), Blue-bellied Lorikeet, Blue Mountain Lorikeet, Blue Mountain Parrot, Bluey

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
30 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1771)

Derivation
Trich-o-gloss'-us - Gk, trichos, hair; Gk, glossa, tongue: hae-ma-to'-dus - Gk, haematodes, bloody

Range (Guide)
Australia (B), Indonesia (B), New Caledonia (B), Papua New Guinea (B), Solomon Islands (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Vanuatu (B).

Introduced to Hong Kong (China) (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Nectar, pollen, flowers and native and cultivated fruits and grains.

Voice
Rolling musical screech, deeper than Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna). Harsh screeches, raucous chatterings.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

 
Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) [XC498779]
     by Marc Anderson from , Indonesia (call)

 
Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) [XC499028]
     by Iain Woxvold from , Indonesia (flight call)

Nest
In a hole of a tree.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 2 - 3, 2
Color: white
Dimensions: 27 - 28 x 22 - 23 mm (oval)
Incubation: 25 - 26 days by female

Young
Fledge in about 56 days. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) and Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Trichoglossus haematodus following Christidis and Boles (1994).

Forms a superspecies with Ornate Lorikeet (Trichoglossus ornatus). Three broad groups may be defined: (1) breast red and unbarred (first four subspecies listed below); (2) breast yellow or green without dark barring (fortis to flavotectus); and (3) breast red and in general heavily to faintly barred (rosenbergii through to moluccanus); rubritorquis might be considered to form a fourth group. New Guinean populations of nominate subspecies sometimes separated as subspecies berauensis. Proposed subspecies caeruleiceps probably not separable from nigrogularis.

Some consider subspecies rubritorquis, to be a full species Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis).

The following 20 subspecies are recognised:

  • mitchellii G. R. Gray, 1859   -  Bali and Lombok. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni).
  • forsteni Bonaparte, 1850   -  Sumbawa. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni).
  • djampeanus Hartert, 1897   -  Tahanjampea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni).
  • stresemanni Meise, 1929   -  Kalaotoa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni).
  • fortis Hartert, 1898   -  Sumba. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Marigold Lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus).
  • weberi (Büttikofer, 1894)   -  Flores. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Flores Lorikeet (Trichoglossus weberi).
  • capistratus (Bechstein, 1811)   -  Timor. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Marigold Lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus).
  • flavotectus Hellmayr, 1914   -  Wetar and Roma. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Marigold Lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus).
  • rosenbergii Schlegel, 1873   -  Biak I, off northern Irian Jaya. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Biak Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rosenbergii).
  • intermedius Rothschild and Hartert, 1901   -  New Guniea from Sepak Ranges to Astrolabe Bay and Manam Island.
  • haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)   -  Southern Moluccas and western Papuan Is east to north-western New Guinea as far as Humboldt Bay and southern New Guinea as far as upper R Fly; possibly western Kai Is.
  • nigrogularis Gray, GR, 1858   -  Eastern Kai Is, Aru Is (except Spirit I) and southern New Guinea from lower R Fly to Princess Marianne Straits.
  • brooki Ogilvie-Grant, 1907   -  Spirit I, Aru Is.
  • micropteryx Stresemann, 1922   -  Eastern New Guinea eastern from Huon Peninsula in north, including Bagabag I, and Hall Sound in South.
  • nesophilus Neumann, 1929   -  Ninigo and Hermit Groups, west of Manus.
  • flavicans Cabanis & Reichenow, 1876   -  Admiralty Is and New Hanover.
  • massena Bonaparte, 1854   -  Karkar I, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Is and Vanuatu.
  • deplanchii Verreaux, J & Des Murs, 1860   -  New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.
  • moluccanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)   -  Torres Strait islands, eastern and south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus).
  • rubritorquis Vigors and Horsfield, 1827   -  Eastern Lesser Sundas to northern Australia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis).



References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


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