Genus Trichoglossus Stephens, 1826

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Introduction

Christidis and Boles (2008: 153) do not recognise the species T. rubritorquis, but see their discussion on p. 153 re T. haematodus complex. Since these authors state that '… there is a case for recognising further species …', T. rubritorquis is retained here for the present.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PSITTACIDAE: Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus (Bechstein, 1811)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Lesser Sundas, Moluccas and Papuasia, east to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, north to the Admiralty Ils and Ponapé in the Carolines, and west to Bali, Sulawesi and the Philippines.


IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Gawler (GAW)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [153]

Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. (synonymy; Australian taxa)

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement also subsequent revisions)

Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 1. pp. 1-104 pls 275-282. [Date published 22 Nov. 1916: publication dated as 1916–1917] [9-12]

Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385-499 + xii pls 363-370 Appendixes A & B. [Date published 12 June 1919: publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]

Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. [140]

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Vigors, N.A. 1825. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. Zoological Journal London 2: 368-405 [400]

Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1825. In Proceedings of meeting of the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society, May 10, 1925. Zoological Journal London 2: 281 [Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of delivery of the sheets of the "Proceedings" of the Zoological Society of London, from the commencement in 1830 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440]

Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [287]

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. (synonymy; except for inclusion of Psitteuteles iris (Temminck, 1835))

 

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Species Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Kuhl, 1820)

CAVS: 0256

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal E Australia, north to about Endeavour River (breeding) and erratically to most of Cape York Peninsula, QLD, south to the Illawarra district, NSW, and inland to the inner west slopes of the Great Dividing Range, reaching the upper Lynd River and Warrego-Carnarvon Ranges in the north, and the Darling Downs, Moree district, Warrumbungle Ranges and upper Lachlan River drainage in the south—also main off-shore islands: Fraser, Bribie, Moreton and Stradbroke. Introduced and established successfully in the environs of Melbourne during 1970s.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder/opportunistic breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and (accidentally?) seeds and insects in tree crowns in eucalypt-paperbark (Melaleuca) woodland and open forest, rarely pockets of rainforest, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in high tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear white-downed, dark-billed chicks, wanders both locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Cannon, C.E. 1984. Movements of lorikeets with an artificially supplemented diet. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 173-179 (movements)

Cannon, C.E. 1984. The diet of lorikeets Trichoglossus spp. in the Queensland - New South Wales border region. The Emu 84: 16-22 (diet)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (synonymy)

Frith, C.B. & Carline, F. 1974. Psittacidae. In, Hall, B.P. (ed.). Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions 1962–70. A report on the collections made for the British Museum (Natural History). Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions. London : British Museum Vol. 33 xi 396 pp., 10 pls col. pl. map. (synonymy)

Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Hamley, T. 1977. Feeding behaviour of Scaly-breasted Lorikeets. Sunbird 8: 37-40 (diet, social behaviour)

Leggett, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1987. Hybrid Scaly-breasted x Rainbow Lorikeets. Australian Bird Watcher 12: 122-126 (morphology, genetics)

Mathews, G.M. 1916. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 6 pt 1. pp. 1-104 pls 275-282. [Date published 22 Nov. 1916: publication dated as 1916–1917] [36] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Mitchell, P. 1979. Scaly-breasted Lorikeets at Mount Eliza, Victoria. Australian Bird Watcher 8: 99-100 (establishment around Melbourne)

North, A.J. 1912. Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney : Australian Museum Spec. Cat. 1 Vol. 3 vii 362 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls. (synonymy and specific limits)

Walters, I.N. 1979. Transit party size in Trichoglossus (Aves: Loriidae) at Corinda, Queensland. Sunbird 10: 41-43 (behaviour, social organisation)

 

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Species Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)

CAVS: 9947

Coconut Lorikeet

 

Introduction

Recognition of a single species for the 'haematodus-complex', following Christidis and Boles (2008: 153), necessitates assignment of a new CAVS number, as merging of rubritorquis changes the concept of the species.

The complex was divided into seven species by del Hoyo & Collar (2014), but is deemed premature by Schweizer et al. (2015) because the phylogenetic relationships at species level have not yet been determined.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Psittacus haematodus Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Pts 1 & 2–588 pp. [524] [as haematod. in abbreviation, probably to avoid inserting last syllable on another line, and written by many later authors as haematod (see Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp.), haematotus (see Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Pt 1 pp. 1–500 [For publication date Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] (316)), haematopus (see Bechstein, J.M. 1811. Kurze Uebersicht aller bekannten Vögel oder ihre Kennzeichen der Art nach Lathams General Synopsis of Birds und seinem Index ornithologicus. Nürnberg : A.G. Schneider & Weigel iv 536 pp. 42 pls (67), where misapplied), and haematodes (see Shaw, G. 1812. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Aves. London : Kearsley, Wilkie & Robinson Vol. VIII Pt 2 vi pp. 244–557 pls 46–84 [publication dated 1811] (415)-corrected here to haematodus following Opinion 67 and Direction 82 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: all alternative spellings op. cit. have been determined as unjustified and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Direction 82; name based on both the red-breasted Parrakeet on plate 232, p. 45 in Edwards, G. 1758. Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, & c. Most of which have not, till now, been either Figured or Described.. London : G. Edwards Pt I xxxv 108 pp. pls 211-260 and on la Perruche variée d'Amboine on p. 364 in Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. IV 576 liv pp. XLVI pls; both descriptions are based on different specimens and possibly taxa, see Jardine, W. & Selby, P.J. 1831. Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars Series Vol. 1 Pt 8 pls 106–120 pp. [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B] (Appendix B)] (text to pl. 112); lectotypification effected under ICZN Art. 74(a) & (b) and lectotype figured on pl. 61 of Daubenton, E.L. 1781. Planches Enluminées d'Histoire Naturelle. In Buffon, G.L. (1770–1786). Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale Vols I–X. [published between as 1765-1781 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.] (Vol. VII, opposite p. 129), ex W.G. Graaf Bentinck Collection and since destroyed, see Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499–523 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]]]

Type data: lectotype MNHP* (ex W.G. Graaf Bentinck per Réaumur Museum), destroyed, figured on pl. 61 in Daubenton, E.L. 1781. Planches Enluminées d'Histoire Naturelle. In Buffon, G.L. (1770–1786). Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale Vols I–X. [published between as 1765-1781 Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp.]), paralectotype(s)* (ex G. Edwards Collection, whereabouts unknown, lost, figured on pl. 232 Edwards, G. 1758. Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, & c. Most of which have not, till now, been either Figured or Described.. London : G. Edwards Pt I xxxv 108 pp. pls 211-260).
Subsequent designation:Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499–523 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]] (511).
Type locality: Ambon, Moluccas (as Amboina), see Stresemann, E. 1952. On the birds collected by Pierre Poivre in Canton, Manila, India and Madagascar (1751–1756). Ibis 94: 499–523 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Zimmer, J.T. 1926. Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Field Museum of Natural History Publications, Zoological Series 16: 1–364 (Pt 1, Publ. 239), 365–706 (Pt 2, Publ. 240) Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B [publication dated as from preface, 12 June 1919 given in Appendix B]].

 

General References

Cain, A.J. 1955. A revision of Trichoglossus haematodus and of the Australian platycercine parrots. Ibis 97: 432-479 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [153]

del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International illustrated checklist of the birds of the world. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona : Lynx Edicions pp. 903. [746]

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [150-151] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Schweizer, M., Wright, T.F., Peñalba, J.V., Schirtzinger, E. & Joseph, L. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics suggests a New Guinean origin and frequent episodes of founder-event speciation in the nectarivorous lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 34-48 [41]

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement specific limits)

 

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Subspecies Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879

CAVS: 8880

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Saibai and possibly Boigu Ils., Torres Strait, QLD; Trans-Fly region, Papua New Guinea


IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and (accidentally?) seeds and insects in tree crowns in eucalypt, paperbark and broad-leaf forests and woodlands, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, wanders both locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Rand, A.L. 1942. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 42 Birds of the 1936–1937 New Guinea expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79: 289-366 (status)

 

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Species Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)

Rainbow Lorikeet

Introduction

Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788) is split from Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) based on various sources including del Hoyo & Collar (2014) Braun et al. (2017) Smith et al. (2020) Joseph et al. (2020)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia from south of Cape York along east coast, mostly east of the Great Dividing Range, then west through southern VIC to southeast SA, also TAS and an introduced population in Perth and surrounds

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Gawler (GAW) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Braun, M.P., Reinschmidt, M., Datzmann, T., Waugh, D., Zamora, R., Häbich, A., Neves, L., Gerlach, H., Arndt, T., Mettke-Hofmann, C., Sauer-Gürth, H. & Wink, M. 2017. Influences of oceanic islands and the Pleistocene on the biogeography and evolution of two groups of Australasian parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes: Eclectus roratus, Trichoglossus haematodus complex). Rapid evolution and implications for taxonomy and conservation. European Journal of Ecology 3(2): 47-66

del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International illustrated checklist of the birds of the world. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Barcelona : Lynx Edicions pp. 903. [746]

Joseph, L., Merwin, J. & Smith, B.T. 2020. Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities. Emu - Austral Ornithology 120(3): 201-215

Schweizer, M., Wright, T.F., Peñalba, J.V., Schirtzinger, E. & Joseph, L. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics suggests a New Guinean origin and frequent episodes of founder-event speciation in the nectarivorous lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 34-48

Smith, B. T., Mauck, W. M., Benz, B., & Andersen, M. J. 2020. Uneven missing data skew phylogenomic relationships within the lories and lorikeets. Genome Biology and Evolution 12(7): 1131-1147

 

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Subspecies Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)

CAVS: 8882

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal E Australia, north to the middle Norman-Burdekin River drainages (Croydon-Cairns), QLD—south to southern region of Port Phillip Bay, VIC—and inland to the summit ridges of the Great Dividing Range and its inner western watersheds (Carnarvon and Warrumbungle Ranges), becoming rare and erratic in such uplands southwards into NSW (Southern Tablelands) and central Gippsland, VIC—also larger in-shore islands off east coast, e.g., Hinchinbrook-Palm, Whitsunday group, Fraser, Bribie, Moreton, and North Stradbroke Ils, QLD, but rare and erratic non-breeding visitor to TAS and Bass Strait islands. Introduced and successfully established in metropolitan Perth north to Moore River in 1960s–1970s (presumably this subspecies). Intergrades with T. h. septentrionalis Robinson, 1900 at northern limits between south-east head of Gulf of Carpentaria across foot of Cape York Peninsula to Cairns-Cooktown, QLD, and probably with T. h. eyrei Mathews, 1912 at south-west limits in region of Port Phillip Bay and westwards to Grampians, VIC.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and (accidentally?) seeds and insects in tree crowns in eucalypt and paperbark (Melaleuca) woodlands and forests and on edges of rainforest and mangroves, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dark-billed chicks, wanders locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Bell, H.L. 1966. Some feeding habits of the Rainbow Lorikeet. The Emu 66: 71-22 [Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] (behaviour)

Cannon, C.E. 1979. Observations on the food and energy requirements of Rainbow Lorikeets, Trichoglossus haematodus (Aves: Psittacidae). Australian Wildlife Research 6: 337-346 (diet, energy budget)

Cannon, C.E. 1984. Movements of lorikeets with an artificially supplemented diet. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 173-179 (movements)

Cannon, C.E. 1984. The diet of lorikeets Trichoglossus spp. in the Queensland - New South Wales border region. The Emu 84: 16-22 (diet)

Coyle, P. 1988. Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) released on Rottnest Island in 1960. Western Australian Naturalist 17: 109-110 (introductions)

Griffiths, R. 1985. Courtship display of the Rainbow Lorikeet. Australian Birds 19: 47-48 (behaviour)

Lea, A.M. & Gray, J.T. 1935. The food of Australian birds. An analysis of the stomach contents. The Emu 34: 275-292 (diet)

Leggett, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1987. Hybrid Scaly-breasted x Rainbow Lorikeets. Australian Bird Watcher 12: 122-126 (morphology, genetics)

Long, J.L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World. The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Illustrated by Susan Tingay. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 528 pp. (introductions)

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. [135] (supporting arguments for choice of 'moluccanus' rather than other Gmelin (1788) names, and notes on types)

Storr, G.M. 1973. The Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Perth, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 12: 116 (distribution)

Walters, I.N. 1979. Transit party size in Trichoglossus (Aves: Loriidae) at Corinda, Queensland. Sunbird 10: 41-43 (behaviour, social organisation)

 

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Subspecies Trichoglossus moluccanus septentrionalis Robinson, 1900

CAVS: 8881

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula, south in west to upper Gilbert and lower Norman-Flinders and upper Gilbert Rivers where it abuts on T. rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, and in east to Endeavour-Daintree Rivers, south of which it intergrades rather abruptly with T. moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)—also all mainland islands in SW Torres Strait, erratically northwards through eastern islands where may intergrade with T. h. caeruleiceps D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879.


IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and (accidentally?) seeds and insects in tree crowns in eucalypt and paperbark (Melaleuca) woodlands and forests and fringes of rainforest and mangroves, flocks and roosts in communal groups , flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, wanders locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

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Species Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

CAVS: 0255

Red-collared Lorikeet

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Introduction

Assigned to subspecies status, to follow recognition of a single species T. haematodus by Christidis and Boles (2008: 153), although these authors state that changes are likely when detailed studies are carried out.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal and subcoastal Kimberley Division, Arnhem Land and S Gulf of Carpentaria, west to Dampier Land (Broome), WA, south to the Fitzroy-Margaret Rivers, upper Ord, middle Victoria and S Roper River drainages, WA/NT, and east along the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage to the lower Leichhardt River, QLD, where it abuts on T. h. moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)-T. h. septentrionalis Robinson, 1900—also main off-shore islands, e.g., Melville-Bathurst, Groote Eylandt, Sir Edward Pellew group, and straggling to Torres Strait, also Kisar and (?)Romang in Lesser Sundas—erratic in south coastal Australian cities as aviary escapees.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, gregarious, mellivore, nomadic, open forest, tall forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit-flesh and (accidentally?) seeds and insects in tree crowns in eucalypt and paperbark woodlands and forests and in pockets of rainforest and mangroves, flocks and roosts in communal groups, flies directly on swiftly beating wings, nests on bed of wood dust in tree hollows, incubation by female, both sexes rear whitish-downed, dark-billed chicks, wanders locally and regionally to seasonal food sources.

 

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [153]

Forshaw, J.M. 1978. Parrots of the World. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 616 pp. 158 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Forshaw, J.M. 1981. Australian Parrots. 2nd (revised) Edn. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper. Melbourne : Lansdowne Edns 312 pp. 56 pls. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Lendon, A.H. 1973. Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary. The comprehensive revised edition of Neville Cayley's standard work. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxx 342 pp. XIII pls. (synonymy)

Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [150] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

RAOU Checklist Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1926. Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union x 212 pp. (synonymy)

Salvadori, T. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots. London : British Museum Vol. 20 xvii 658 pp. XVIII pls. (synonymy)

Sibley, C.G. & Monroe, B.L., Jr 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. New Haven : Yale University Press xxiv 1111 pp. (synonymy)

White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp. (extra-limital distribution)

White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

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