Trichoglossus 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 was previously considered a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet, but today most major authorities consider them as separate species. 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 in Darwin, many of them display symptoms of apparent drunkenness. What causes this condition is unclear, though it is thought to be most likely due to a seasonal virus. Intoxication with fermented nectar has been ruled out.
Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the red-collared lorikeet in 1827. The species name is derived from the Latin words ruber "red" and torquis "neck". Molecular analysis using mitochondrial cytochrome b showed the red-collared lorikeet is most closely related to a lineage that gave rise to the marigold lorikeet and sunset lorikeet of Indonesia. It is more distantly related to the rainbow lorikeet, the two distinct lineages colonising Australia independently... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Australia Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lion Country Safari | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Dierenpark Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 5 | Night Safari | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | JOJOZOO PARK | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 7 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 10 | Green World Ecological Farm | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 11 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 12 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Buin Zoo | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 14 | River Wonders | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 15 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 16 | Bird Park Steinen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 17 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Millcreek Bird Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 19 | Farma | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 20 | Sea Life Sydney Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 21 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 22 | Wild Life Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 23 | Birdworld Kuranda | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 24 | Kuranda Koala Gardens | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 25 | Park Edukacyjny Zoo-Egzotyczne Kaszuby | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 26 | Landgoed Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 27 | Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-collared Lorikeet sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 162 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-collared Lorikeet in Perth on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-collared Lorikeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Perth, in our data
Perth is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-collared Lorikeet sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-collared Lorikeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Perth (11 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
