Trichoglossus

Flores lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus weberi, photographed by James Eaton.

Belongs within: Loriinae.

The genus Trichoglossus includes the rainbow lorikeet T. haematodus and related species found in tropical Australasia and the islands of south-east Asia. Members of this genus often have a barred upper breast and/or relatively long tails. Subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet are predominantly green, often with a blue crown, yellow band around the back of the head, and barred red breast.

<==Trichoglossus Stephens in Shaw 1826 [Trichoglossinae] CC10
    |  i. s.: T. aurifrons (Lesson 1831) [=Psittacus aurifrons] CC10
    |         T. flavoviridis JT12
    |         T. rubiginosus JT12
    |--T. ornatus BKB15
    `--+--T. chlorolepidotus (Kuhl 1820) JT12, CC10 [=Psittacus chlorolepidotus CC10]
       `--+--*T. haematodus (Linnaeus 1771) CC10, JT12, WS48 [=Psittacus haematodus CC10]
          |    |--T. h. haematodus CC10
          |    |--T. h. berauensis Cain 1955 RN72
          |    |--T. h. caeruleiceps M03
          |    |--T. h. capistratus RN72
          |    |--T. h. deplanchii RN72
          |    |--T. h. djampeanus RN72
          |    |--T. h. flavicans [incl. T. h. aberrans] RN72
          |    |--T. h. flavotectus RN72
          |    |--T. h. forsteni RN72
          |    |--T. h. fortis RN72
          |    |--T. h. intermedius RN72
          |    |--T. h. massena RN72
          |    |--T. h. micropteryx RN72
          |    |--T. h. mitchellii RN72
          |    |--T. h. moluccanus (Gmelin 1788) CC10 [=Psittacus moluccanus CC10; incl. T. h. septentrionalis M03]
          |    |--T. h. nesophilus RN72
          |    |--T. h. nigrogularis RN72
          |    |--T. h. novaehollandiae SJ85
          |    |--T. h. rosenbergii RN72
          |    |--T. h. rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield 1826 WS48
          |    |--T. h. stresemanni RN72
          |    `--T. h. weberi (Büttikofer 1894) [=Psitteuteles weberi] RN72
          `--T. euteles JT12 [=Psitteuteles euteles RN72]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2^nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds.) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 2. Blandford Press: London.

[SJ85] Storr, G. M., & R. E. Johnstone. 1985. Field Guide to the Birds of Western Australia 2^nd ed. Western Australian Museum: Perth (Australia).

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.

Last updated: 27 July 2019.