Trichoglossus

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Trichoglossus
Rainbow lorikeet (T. moluccanus)
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]

Genus Trichoglossus – Stephens, 1826 – ten species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Pohnpei lorikeet

Trichoglossus rubiginosus
(Bonaparte, 1850) 		Pohnpei (Micronesia) Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Scaly-breasted lorikeet

Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
(Kuhl, 1820) 		Eastern Australia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Coconut lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus
(Linnaeus, 1771)

Six subspecies
  • T. h. haematodus
  • T. h. massena
  • T. h. nesophilus
  • T. h. flavicans
  • T. h. deplanchii
  • T. h. nigrogularis
south Moluccas, west New Guinea and east to Loyalty Islands Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Biak Lorikeet

Trichoglossus rosenbergii
Schlegel, 1871 		Biak Island Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 


Rainbow lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus
(Gmelin, 1788)

Two subspecies
  • T. m. septentrionalis Robinson, 1900
  • T. m. moluccanus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Australia, (introduced to Hong Kong) Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Red-collared lorikeet

Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 		east Lesser Sundas to north Australia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Olive-headed lorikeet

Trichoglossus euteles
(Temminck, 1835) 		Lesser Sundas: Indonesia and Timor-Leste Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Marigold lorikeet

Trichoglossus capistratus
(Bechstein, 1811) 		Islands of Sumba, Wetar and Timor in south-east Asia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Leaf lorikeet

Trichoglossus weberi
(Büttikofer, 1894) 		Flores Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Sunset lorikeet

Trichoglossus forsteni
Bonaparte, 1850 		west Lesser Sunda Islands Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 


Trichoglossus sensu lato

The Clements taxonomy places Saudareos, Eos, and Glossopsitta in the genus Trichoglossus.[9]

References

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  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. PMID 32470111.
  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. Bibcode:2020EmuAO.120..201J. doi:10.1080/01584197.2020.1779596.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved October 24, 2024