Trichoglossus
Genus of birds
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Trichoglossus is a genus of lorikeet in the Psittaculidae family, part of the true parrot superfamily. The genus is distributed widely through Australia, Wallacea and Melanesia, with outliers in the Philippines and Micronesia. Members of the genus are characterised by barring, sometimes prominently, on the upper breast.[1]
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| Trichoglossus | |
|---|---|
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| Rainbow lorikeet (T. moluccanus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Loriini |
| Genus: | Trichoglossus Stephens, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Psittacus haematodus coconut lorikeet Linnaeus, 1771 | |
| Synonyms | |
Taxonomy
The genus Trichoglossus was introduced in 1826 by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek thrix meaning "hair" and glōssa meaning "tongue".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the coconut lorikeet.[4][5]
Species
The genus contains 22 species:[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Musk lorikeet | Trichoglossus concinnus | central east, southeast Australia |
.jpg) | Mindanao lorikeet | Trichoglossus johnstoniae | montane forest of Mindanao (southern Philippines) |
 | Iris lorikeet | Trichoglossus iris | Wetar and Timor (east Lesser Sunda Islands) |
 | Ornate lorikeet | Trichoglossus ornatus | Sulawesi and larger satellite islands |
_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_107838470_on_14_April_2022.jpg) | Yellow-cheeked lorikeet | Trichoglossus meyeri | montane forest of Sulawesi |
 | Sula lorikeet | Trichoglossus flavoviridis | Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho, and Mangole) |
 | Blue-streaked lory | Trichoglossus reticulatus | Tanimbar Islands (Arafura Sea) |
 | Blue-eared lory | Trichoglossus semilarvatus | montane forest of Seram (southern Moluccas) |
.jpg) | Red lory | Trichoglossus borneus | montane Seram (central east Moluccas) |
 | Black-winged lory | Trichoglossus cyanogenius | islands in Cenderawasih Bay (off northwestern New Guinea) |
 | Red-and-blue lory | Trichoglossus histrio | Sangihe Islands (formerly) and Talaud (north of Sulawesi) |
 | Violet-necked lory | Trichoglossus squamatus | north Moluccas and small islets of Raja Ampat Islands (northwest of New Guinea) |
 | Pohnpei lorikeet | Trichoglossus rubiginosus | lowlands of Pohnpei (eastern Caroline Islands) |
 | Scaly-breasted lorikeet | Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, southern Queensland, southward to southern New South Wales coast; introduced Perth, Melbourne, Canberra) |
 | Coconut lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | central, south Moluccas, west New Guinea, east to Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia |
 | Biak lorikeet | Trichoglossus rosenbergii | Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea) |
_Sydney_2.jpg) | Rainbow lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | east, southeast Australia and Tasmania |
_Darwin.jpg) | Red-collared lorikeet | Trichoglossus rubritorquis | northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to northwestern Queensland) |
 | Olive-headed lorikeet | Trichoglossus euteles | Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor and adjacent islands from Lomblen to Babar Islands) |
 | Marigold lorikeet | Trichoglossus capistratus | central, east Lesser Sunda Islands |
 | Leaf lorikeet | Trichoglossus weberi | Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands) |
 | Sunset lorikeet | Trichoglossus forsteni | Bali, west Lesser Sunda Islands and (at least formerly) Flores Sea islands south of Sulawesi |
