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rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus

Description:

is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common along the eastern seaboard, from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas.

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5 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Awesome series.

KMills
KMills 12 years ago

Thanks for your comments... details amended!
I am definitely no expert, I just looked it up on the internet is all.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Lovely. For the Scientific name it should only include the Latin, and it would be best to type it out in full, because otherwise, no one except experts will know what the T. h. stands for. If you are sure about the subspecies, here is my suggestion. For common name: Swainson's lorikeet (rainbow lorikeet). For scientific name: Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus. Cheers

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Nice photos! Looks like they found a nice dinner there :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Grate series!

KMills
Spotted by
KMills

4575, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Jan 31, 2012
Submitted on Feb 19, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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