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Sighting 3377788

Trichoglossus moluccanus

Rainbow Lorikeet at Higgins, ACT

Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Higgins, ACT - 26 Feb 2017 07:57 AM
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Identification history

Trichoglossus moluccanus 15 Jun 2017 ArcherCallaway
Trichoglossus moluccanus 15 Jun 2017 AlisonMilton

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User's notes

Are these escapees from the Federation Square bird aviary? As soon as I walked outside with some cut apple pieces, one of them flew down to a nearby branch and took the apple from my hand.

1 comment

AaronClausen wrote:
   16 Jun 2017
The ACT invasion continues (to quote Ryu), but I love these guys and welcome seeing them!

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Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • Trichoglossus moluccanus Scientific name
  • Rainbow Lorikeet Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 890.3m Recorded at altitude
  • 540 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Trichoglossus haematodus
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