Rainbow lorikeet without the rainbow

["David Rosalky" <>]

Margaret

 

Forshaw’s Parrots of the World (1978 2^nd edition) has a specimen that fits your picture.  It is named “Weber’s Lorikeet” and its scientific name is Trichoglossus haemotodus weberi, so a sub-species of the Rainbow Lorikeet species found only on the island of Flores.

 

David Rosalky

 

From: Margaret Leggoe [
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 7:44 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Rainbow lorikeet without the rainbow

 

Dear Philip,

I recently came across photos of a bird purported to be a rainbow lorikeet from Indonesia.  It has only two colours, green and a paler greenish yellow breast.  The beak is still red.

Do you know if this bird IS a rainbow lorikeet, or an incorrectly identified other species?

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/rainbow-lorikeet-trichoglossus-haematodus/bird-perched-tree

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/rainbow-lorikeet-trichoglossus-haematodus/subspecies-endemic-sumba-sub-species-lesser-sundas-a

Cheers

Margaret Leggoe