Rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus · Psittacidae

The rainbow lorikeet is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush, and woodland areas.

Where the Rainbow lorikeet lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is. (Oceania).

Most records fall in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory.

See the Rainbow lorikeet’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,621,510 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.