Superfamily Psittacoidea Subfamily Loriinae Higher classification Trichoglossus | Order Psittaciformes Tribe Loriini Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Lories and lorikeets, Parrot, Bird, Trichoglossus, Loriinae | ||
Coconut lorikeet at sunset way singapore
The coconut lorikeet is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Seven species now recognised were once lumped together under Trichoglossus haematodus.
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Coconut lorikeet
Description
It looks similar to the Rainbow Lorikeet except it has a mainly dark blue breast.
Range
Trichoglossus haematodus is found in eastern Indonesia, on Buru, Seram, Misool, Waigeo, Numfoor, Yapen and the Aru Islands, in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on New Guinea, in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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