Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Medium-sized green lorikeet with yellow ‘scales’ on the breast. Note bright red bill and orange-red underwings. Much shorter-tailed than Rainbow Lorikeet. Typically occurs in woodland habitats in eastern Australia, but is also present in parks and gardens. Call is similar to Rainbow Lorikeet, but smoother and less squawky.
识别特征
The scaly-breasted lorikeet is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long. The crown and sides of head are emerald-green slightly tinged with blue, while the feathers of the back of the neck and throat and breast are yellow, broadly edged with green, giving scaly appearance. The tail is green with the base of the outer tail-feathers marked with orange-red. The lower flanks, thighs and undertail-coverts green are strongly marked with yellow, while the underwing-coverts are orange-red. They have orange-red eyes, and their bills (beaks) are dark coral-red. Their legs are generally grey-brown.<p>Male and female are similar in external appearance. Juveniles appear similar to adults, but their tails are shorter. Eyes are pale brown or black, and bills are brown with some yellow markings or orange with brown markings.
分类信息
The scaly-breasted lorikeet was first described by German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl in 1820. Other names this bird is known by include the gold and green lorikeet, greenie, green lorikeet, green and yellow lorikeet, green keet, green parrot, green leek, and green leaf. It is often colloquially referred to as a "scaly". Its specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek root khlōros 'green, yellow', and lepidōtos 'scaly'.
- 学名
- Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- 命名信息
- (Kuhl, 1820)
- 目
- Psittaciformes
- 科
- Psittaculidae
- 属
- Trichoglossus
分布与栖息地
This lorikeet is common in most timbered areas of Eastern Australia from Bamaga, the tip of North Queensland, south to Illawarra district on the New South Wales south coast; also on some offshore islands. They are generally confined to coastal plains and adjacent tablelands; occasionally found along watercourses west of the Great Dividing Range. They are abundant and mostly sedentary in north; less numerous and nomadic in the south. They favour open, lightly timbered areas and melaleuca thickets.
- 迁徙
- Nomadic
行为
Migration pattern: Nomadic.
保护状况
Population trend: stable.
- 种群趋势
- stable
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