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Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus moluccanus · Family Psittacidae
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Family Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,592,800
- Countries and territories with records
- 30
About this species
This species has 1,592,800 occurrence records from 30 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 1.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Trichoglossus moluccanus combines the genus name Trichoglossus with the species epithet moluccanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Trichoglossus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Trichoglossus haematodus, Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus and Trichoglossus rubritorquis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 324 species of the family Psittacidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Psittacula krameri. Its record count is 24 times the family average (66,299). The family Psittacidae belongs to the order Psittaciformes, which has 337 species in the Warbla app catalog.