1 Rainbow Lorikeet at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Trichoglossus moluccanus | 25 Nov 2018 | natureguy | ||
| Trichoglossus moluccanus | 25 Nov 2018 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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Not surprisingly, I heard these birds on Red Hill before I saw them. They were in an old eucalyptus tree with a number of hollows. One bird was very high in the tree while another was much lower. The lower one seemed to be moving from side to side in a regular manner while it was calling. It was not perturbed by the Grey Butcherbird, which was perched on a branch below it. The lower lorikeet, after a short while, made its way to a north-facing tree hollow, where it disappeared completely inside. It stayed inside for a while before re-emerging. When it re-emerged it flew to another tree a short distance away, where it stayed momentarily before flying northwards towards Red Hill. The higher bird remained in the top branches of the tree.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.097313-35.327423
- Altitude 610.0m
- Maps Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Hughes Grassy Woodland
- Survey points GG38 GG101 GG102 GG194 GG229
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2018 07:07 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Trichoglossus moluccanus Scientific name
- Rainbow Lorikeet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 847.7m Recorded at altitude
- 423 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trichoglossus haematodus
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- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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