Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, southern Queensland, southward to southern New South Wales coast; introduced Perth, Melbourne, Canberra)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus chlorolepidotus
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10 p.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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