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Red-collared Lorikeet

Trichoglossus rubritorquisVigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827

English (US) Red-collared Lorikeet

The Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) 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: northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to northwestern Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Trichoglossus rubritorquis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-collared Lorikeet
Described by
Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827
Type locality
Australia = Derby, North-West Australia, apud Mathews.
Original description
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15, pt.1 p.291

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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