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Sighting 4605784

Trichoglossus moluccanus

Rainbow Lorikeet at Mawson, ACT

Trichoglossus moluccanus at Mawson, ACT - suppressed
Trichoglossus moluccanus at Mawson, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Trichoglossus moluccanus 24 Oct 2024 Liam.m
Trichoglossus moluccanus 23 Oct 2024 KateU

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A very busy pair & hard to photograph! If you zoom in on the lump hiding in the fork of the tree you can see the red patch on the throat - the bird is hanging nearly upside down to get at a flower I think.

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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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