Trichoglossus moluccanus

2 Rainbow Lorikeet at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Trichoglossus moluccanus	31 Oct 2019	Illilanga
	Trichoglossus moluccanus	30 Oct 2019	JonSteinbeck

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These Rainbow Lorikeets were in the same tree I photographed two weeks before but at a different hollow. They were initially outside the hollow but went to the lip of it. They lined up on the lip and commenced mutual preening. First one, then the other, then back and forward. They would preen one bit of the head, then swap; next time preening a different part of the head. They appeared to be enjoying it, with tongues occasionally being displayed like an extra sign of enjoyment. Then first one, then the other flew off to a branch near the hollow. They did not stay long there before flying southwards.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.099688 -35.327430
Altitude 613.9m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
26 Oct 2019 06:13 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parrots Birds

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
540 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Trichoglossus haematodus

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