Species profile—Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds) → Psittaculidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=psittaculidae ) (parrots, lorikeets and rosellas) → Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/4970?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1125#imgGallery )
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1125&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1125&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1125 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (animals)
- Class
- Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds)
- Family
- Psittaculidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&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
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Trichoglossus%20moluccanus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=TRICHOGLOSSUS%2BMOLUCCANUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1125 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1125 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
