| Red-collared Lorikeet | |
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| At Cincinnati Zoo, USA | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Tribe: | Lorini |
| Genus: | Trichoglossus |
| Species: | T. rubritorquis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis |
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The Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) is a species of parrot found in wooded habitats in northern Australia (north-eastern Western Australia, northern Northern Territory and far north-western Queensland). It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet, but today most major authorities consider them as separate species.[2][3] No other member of the Rainbow Lorikeet group has an orange-red collar over the nape. Every year at the end of the dry season, many of them display symptoms of apparent drunkenness. What causes this condition is unclear.[4]
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