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CAVS: 8881

Subspecies Trichoglossus moluccanus septentrionalis Robinson, 1900

 

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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Sep-2023 AVES 14-Sep-2023 MOVED
14-Sep-2023 AVES 14-Sep-2023 MOVED
26-Oct-2015 01-Mar-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)