#1071 · 🐦 birds

Rainbow Lorikeet

🇳🇱 Lori van de Blauwe Bergen ·Trichoglossus moluccanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The rainbow lorikeet ( Trichoglossus moluccanus ) is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. Several taxa traditionally listed as subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet are now treated as separate species (see Taxonomy ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 43,788iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
43,788 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).