The Rainbow Lorikeet, (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a species of
Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and
Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, the
Solomon Islands
and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common along the eastern seaboard,
from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. Its habitat
is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. Several taxa
traditionally listed as subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet are
increasingly treated as separate species. There is little to visually
distinguish between the sexes, however to a keen observer of their
coloring and behavior, their dimorphism is readily apparent.
