Loriquet with blue head

The Loriquet with blue head ( Trichoglossus haematodus ) is also called Loriquet rainbow . It is the most coloured noisiest species and kind.

List subspecies

Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
Trichoglossus haematodus deplanchii J. Verreaux & Of the Walls, 1860
Trichoglossus haematodus eyrei Mathews, 1912
Trichoglossus haematodus flavicans Cabanis & Reichenow, 1876
Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Trichoglossus haematodus intermedius Rothschild & Hartert, 1901
Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bonaparte, 1854
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)
Trichoglossus haematodus nesophilus Neumann, 1929
Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis G.R. Gray, 1858
Trichoglossus haematodus rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871
Trichoglossus haematodus septentrionalis Robinson, 1900

Description

It measures 25 to 30 cm length and has a scale of 17 cm. It weighs 130 G. Its plumage is particularly recognizable: a head and a belly dark blue, a back and a tail greens, a chest and a nozzle orange.

Distribution and habitat

One finds it in Australia, in the East of the Indonesia, in New Guinea, New Caledonia, in the the Solomon Islands and with the Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common in the coastal areas of the East of the country since the Queensland until in southernmost Australia. He saw in the areas timbered since the dense forest until the bushes.

It was imported in the area of Perth, in Western Australia, with Auckland, in New Zealand - where it is regarded as vermin because of the damage caused with the fruit trees - and with Hong-Kong in China.

Food

It nourishes especially fruits, nectar and of pollen.

Lifestyle

It is an alive diurnal animal in very large bands in the trees

Reproduction

It reproduces in spring (September at December) and niche in the hollow of a trunk of Eucalyptus.

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