Rainbow lorikeet
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| phylum | Chordata | The Rainbow Lorikeet is a medium-sized parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The plumage of the nominate race, as with all subspecies, is very bright. The head is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upperparts (wings, back and tail) are deep green. The chest is red with blue-black barring. The belly is deep green, and the thighs and rump are yellow with deep green barring. In flight a yellow wing-bar contrasts clearly with the red underwing coverts.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Psittaciformes | |
| family | Psittaculidae | |
| genus | Trichoglossus | |
| species | T. moluccanus |
