Rainbow Lorikeet at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Trichoglossus moluccanus | 14 Nov 2018 | ArcherCallaway | ||
| Parvipsitta porphyrocephala | 14 Nov 2018 | KL |
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User's notes
Terrible photo, this is the lorikeet that photo bombed one of my gang gang photos. He put himself to bed in his nesting hollow on dusk. Lorikeets have been observed in this hollow over a number of years, more recently as one of a pair.
2 comments
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
15 Nov 2018
Our local lorikeets (including the bird depicted) are Rainbow Lorikeets
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097458-35.327503
- Altitude 616.9m
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Nov 2018 07:47 PM Recorded on
- KL Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Parrots KL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True Nesting site
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
- 477 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Trichoglossus haematodus
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
