Species profile—Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Psittaculidae (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas)
- Scientific name
- Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)
- Common name
- rainbow lorikeet
- Type reference
- Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(1) 1-500 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1125
- Synonym(s)
- Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus
Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus - Alternate name(s)
- Blue Mountain parrot
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- 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=1125.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
