Parrots (Psittacidae) - HBW 4
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
French: Loriquet à tête bleue
German: Allfarblori
Spanish: Lori Arcoiris
Other common names: Green-naped/Red-breasted/Coconut Lorikeet, Rainbow Lory; Red-collared Lorikeet (rubritorquis)
Taxonomy: Psittacus hæmatod . [sic] Linnaeus, 1771, Ambon.
Forms a superspecies with T. ornatus. Treatment of rubritorquis as a separate species is unsustainable without an extensive revision of whole of present species; birds of Lesser Sundas are at least as distinctive, and the case of the small green weberi presents a particular challenge to the present arrangement, although the view that it is closer to T. euteles than to present species appears mistaken. Three broad groups may be defined: (1) breast red and unbarred (first four races listed below); (2) breast yellow or green without dark barring (fortis to f.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Psittacus hæmatod . [sic] Linnaeus,1771. Ambon.
Forms a superspecies with T. ornatus. Treatment of rubritorquis as a separate species is unsustainable without an extensive revision of whole of present species; birds of Lesser Sundas are at least as distinctive, and the case of the small green weberi presents a particular challenge to the present arrangement, although the view that it is closer to T. euteles than to present species appears mistaken. Three broad groups may be defined: (1) breast red and unbarred (first four races 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 race sometimes separated as race berauensis; proposed race caeruleiceps probably not separable from nigrogularis. Twenty subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with T. ornatus. Treatment of rubritorquis as a separate species is unsustainable without an extensive revision of whole of present species; birds of Lesser Sundas are at least as distinctive, and the case of the small green weberi presents a particular challenge to the present arrangement, although the view that it is closer to T. euteles than to present species appears mistaken. Three broad groups may be defined: (1) breast red and unbarred (first four races 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 race sometimes separated as race berauensis; proposed race caeruleiceps probably not separable from nigrogularis. Twenty subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mitchellii G. R. Gray, 1859 - Bali and Lombok.
- forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumbawa.
- djampeanus Hartert, 1897 - Tanahjampea.
- mitchellii G. R. Gray, 1859 - Bali and Lombok.
- forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 - Sumbawa.
- djampeanus Hartert, 1897 - Tanahjampea.
- stresemanni Meise, 1929 - Kalaotoa.
- fortis Hartert, 1898 - Sumba.
- weberi (Büttikofer, 1894) - Flores.
- capistratus (Bechstein, 1811) - Timor.
- flavotectus Hellmayr, 1914 - Wetar and Romang.
- rosenbergii Schlegel, 1873 - Biak I, off N Irian Jaya.
- intermedius Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 - N New Guinea and Manam I from R Sepik E to Astrolabe Bay.
- haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) - S Moluccas and W Papuan Is E to NW New Guinea as far as Humboldt Bay and S New Guinea as far as upper R Fly; possibly W Kai Is.
- nigrogularis G. R. Gray, 1858 - E Kai Is, Aru Is (except Spirit I) and S New Guinea from lower R Fly to Princess Marianne Straits.
- brooki Ogilvie-Grant, 1907 - Spirit I, Aru Is.
- micropteryx Stresemann, 1922 - E New Guinea E from Huon Peninsula in N, including Bagabag I, and Hall Sound in S.
- nesophilus Neumann, 1929 - Ninigo and Hermit Groups, W of Manus.
- flavicans Cabanis & Reichenow, 1876 - Admiralty Is and New Hanover.
- massena Bonaparte, 1854 - Karkar I, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Is and Vanuatu.
- deplanchii J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 - New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.
- moluccanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Torres Strait islands, E & SE Australia and Tasmania.
- rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - N Australia.
- Least Concern
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A bird foraging in a tree Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 1 year ago 18 sec 4.5 -
A bird calling from a dead branch Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2003 2 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding in a tree Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Peter Nash 19 October 2006 3 years ago 57 sec 4.3 -
A bird perching New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Nick Talbot 18 December 2005 3 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
Two birds on a branch, one scratching its head Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Philip Griffin 21 January 2005 4 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding and flying away Manurara, Sumba, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) (ssp fortis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 1999 4 years ago 39 sec 4.2
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Cabeza de Lori molucanus (Rainbow lori head) Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp moluccanus)
Gonzalo Blanco 1 January 2006 9 weeks ago 4 -
A bird looking out of a nest box. Yarra Bend Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp moluccanus)
Nick Talbot 3 January 2010 9 weeks ago 4 -
A Rainbow Lorikeet that flew onto my balcony and I took some snap-shots of it. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp moluccanus )
nrg800 1 December 2008 49 weeks ago 4 -
.JPG "Rainbow Lorikeet")
A bird sitting on a branch in an aviary Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Lebanese26 12 July 2007 1 year ago 4 -
 Rainbow Lorikeet.JPG "Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus).")
Adult bird loafing on a seat beside the swimming pool. South Molle Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia (ssp moluccanus.)
Graham Little 31 July 2001 48 weeks ago 3.8 -
Two birds showing allopreening. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp rubritorquis)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 43 weeks ago 3.7
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two birds fighting on a table at the nectar feeding station Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
(ssp haematodus)
Jonathan Beilby 4 August 2008 13 weeks ago 2
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