Species profile—Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Psittacidae (Parrots) → Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Psittacidae (Parrots)
- 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) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
