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| Rainbow lorikeet | |
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| Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Genus: | Trichoglossus |
| Species: | T. moluccanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788) | |
The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is an Australasian parrot. This brightly colored parrot lives on the east coast of 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 Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas.
It has a number of subspecies. Some classifications list about 20 subspecies.
In some places, such as Western Australia and the North Island of New Zealand, they have been artificially introduced, and are seen as a pest species.
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