Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 18, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 18, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 彩虹吸蜜鸚鵡 |
| Dutch | Regenbooglori (moluccanus) |
| English | Rainbow Lorikeet |
| English (United States) | Rainbow Lorikeet |
| French | Loriquet arc-en-ciel |
| French (French Guiana) | Loriquet arc-en-ciel |
| German | Regenbogenlori |
| Icelandic | Fjallalóri |
| Indonesian | Perkici australia |
| Japanese | オーストラリアゴシキセイガイインコ |
| Norwegian | regnbuelori |
| Polish | lorysa niebieskobrzucha |
| Russian | Радужный лорикет |
| Serbian | Molučki dugin lorikit |
| Slovak | lori modrohlavý |
| Spanish | Lori Arcoiris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lori arcoiris |
| Swedish | regnbågslorikit |
| Turkish | Gökkuşağı Renkli Loriket |
| Ukrainian | Лорікет синьоголовий |
Trichoglossus moluccanus ("Gmelin, JF", 1788)
PROTONYM:
Psittacus moluccanus
"Gmelin, JF", 1788. Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1, p.316.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Moluccas, error. Botany Bay, New South Wales, selected as type locaUty by Mathews, Bds. Austr., 6, 1916, p. 14.
Definitions
- TRICHOGLOSSUS
- molucca / moluccana / moluccanus / moluccarum / moluccensis / moluccus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Rainbow Lorikeet (Rainbow)