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Pohnpei Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus Scientific name definitions

Nigel Collar and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 24, 2017

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Originally Appeared in

HBW Alive

Field Identification

24 cm; 70–85 g. Dark reddish maroon throughout, darkest on head but with vague greyish scaling on rest of body; orange bill, grey legs, wing feathers dark yellowish grey, tail greyish basally, dull yellow distally. Female has yellowish bill and greyish white (as against yellow-orange) iris. Immature like adult.

Systematics History

Member of the putative T. chlorolepidotus species-group (see that species). Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

Pohnpei, in E Caroline Is.

Habitat

Forest and plantations.

Movement

No information available.

Diet and Foraging

Nectar and pollen of coconut palms; also fruit and fly larvae.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Has quite a large repertoire of harsh notes, chatters and more whistled notes, including a diagnostic overslurred “krr-EE-ah”, given both in flight and when perched. 

Breeding

Breeding condition birds in Nov. Nest in hole in coconut palm or other large tree. 1 egg. No further information.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife NT Near Threatened

Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near Threatened. CITES II. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Common, especially in lowland plantations.

Distribution of the Pohnpei Lorikeet - Range Map
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Distribution of the Pohnpei Lorikeet

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Recommended Citation

Collar, N. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Pohnpei Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubiginosus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pohlor1.01
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