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Species profile—Trichoglossus rubritorquis (red-collared lorikeet)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Trichoglossus rubritorquis (red-collared lorikeet)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas)
Scientific name
Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Common name
red-collared lorikeet
Type reference
Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. (1827). A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331.
WildNet taxon ID
1111
Synonym(s)
Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis
Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquatus
Trichoglossus haematodus rubitorquis
Trichoglossus rubitorquis
Alternate name(s)
rainbow lorikeet
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1111.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024