Trichoglossus
Rainbow lorikeet (T. moluccanus)
perching on a garden fence in Sydney, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Tribe: Loriini
Genus: Trichoglossus
Stephens, 1826
Type species
Psittacus haematodus
coconut lorikeet
Linnaeus, 1771

Trichoglossus is a genus of lorikeet in the Psittaculidae or 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]

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]

Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the lorikeets in 2020, three species were moved from Trichoglossus to the newly erected genus Saudareos. These were the Mindanao lorikeet, the ornate lorikeet and the Sula lorikeet (formerly the citrine lorikeet).[6][7][8]

Species

The genus contains ten species:[8]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Pohnpei lorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosusPohnpei (Micronesia)
Scaly-breasted lorikeetTrichoglossus chlorolepidotusEastern Australia
Coconut lorikeetTrichoglossus haematodussouth Moluccas, west New Guinea and east to Loyalty Islands
Biak LorikeetTrichoglossus rosenbergiiBiak Island
Rainbow lorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusAustralia, (introduced to Hong Kong)
Red-collared lorikeetTrichoglossus rubritorquiseast Lesser Sundas to north Australia
Olive-headed lorikeetTrichoglossus eutelesLesser Sundas: Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Marigold lorikeetTrichoglossus capistratusIslands of Sumba, Wetar and Timor in south-east Asia
Leaf lorikeetTrichoglossus weberiFlores
Sunset lorikeetTrichoglossus forsteniwest Lesser Sunda Islands

References

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  1. ↑ Low, Rosemary (1978). Lories and Lorikeets. Inkata Press: Melbourne. p. 69. ISBN 0-909605-08-4.
  2. ↑ Stephens, James Francis (1812). General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. 14, Part 1. London: Kearsley et al. p. 129.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ↑ Lesson, René P. (1828). Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Description des genres et des principales espèces d'oiseaux (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Roret. p. 147.
  5. ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
  6. ↑ Smith, B.T.; Mauck, W.M.I.; Benz, B.W.; Andersen, M.J. (2020). "Uneven missing data skew phylogenomic relationships within the lories and lorikeets". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (7): 1131–1147. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa113. PMC 7486955.
  7. ↑ Joseph, L.; Merwin, J.; Smith, B.T. (2020). "Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities". Emu – Austral Ornithology. 120 (3): 201–215. doi:10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596.
  8. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Parrots, cockatoos". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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