Trichoglossus

Trichoglossus is a genus of lorikeet in the Psittaculidae or true parrot superfamily. The genus is distributed widely through Australia, Wallacea and Melanesia, with outliers in the Philippines and Micronesia. Members of the genus are characterised by barring, sometimes prominently, on the upper breast.

Taxonomy
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms tricho- "hair", and glõssa "tongue". There are uncertainties in the classification. The main uncertainty is the delineation of the species Trichoglossus haematodus, which has until now been broadly defined with many subspecies. However several are found in remote areas and have been little studied, with some arguing for their classification as separate species. Furthermore, the three species of the related genus Psitteuteles have been sometimes classified as members of Trichoglossus.

The genus contains several species and subspecies:

Trichoglossus'' Stephens 1826


 * Trichoglossus ornatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus (haematodus) forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 (Sunset Lorikeet)
 * T. h./f. djampeanus Hartert, 1897
 * T. h./f. forsteni Bonaparte, 1850
 * T. h./f. mitchellii Gray,GR, 1859
 * T. h./f. stresemanni Meise, 1929
 * Trichoglossus (haematodus) weberi (Buttikofer, 1894) (Leaf Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus (haematodus) capistratus (Bechstein, 1811) (Marigold Lorikeet)
 * T. h./c. capistratus (Bechstein, 1811)
 * T. h./c. flavotectus Hellmayr, 1914
 * T. h./c. fortis Hartert, 1898
 * Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) (Rainbow Lorikeet)
 * T. h. caeruleiceps Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
 * T. h. deplanchii Verreaux,J & Des Murs, 1860
 * T. h. eyrei Mathews, 1912
 * T. h. flavicans Cabanis & Reichenow, 1876
 * T. h. haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)
 * T. h. intermedius Rothschild & Hartert, 1901
 * T. h. massena Bonaparte, 1854
 * T. h. moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788)
 * T. h. nesophilus Neumann, 1929
 * T. h. nigrogularis Gray,GR, 1858
 * T. h. rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871
 * T. h. septentrionalis Robinson, 1900
 * Trichoglossus (haematodus) rubritorquis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 (Red-collared Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus euteles (Temminck, 1835) (Olive-headed Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus flavoviridis Wallace, 1863 (Citrine Lorikeet)
 * T. f. flavoviridis Wallace, 1863
 * T. f. meyeri Walden, 1871
 * Trichoglossus johnstoniae Hartert, 1903 (Mindanao Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus rubiginosus (Bonaparte, 1850) (Pohnpei Lorikeet)
 * Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Kuhl, 1820) (Scaly-breasted Lorikeet)

Rainbow Lorikeet species complex
The Rainbow Lorikeet has about 20 subspecies in some classifications; although, several of these are sometimes split off to form up to four additional species: The parentheses in the scientific names of the birds in the table are used to indicate that a taxon is sometimes considered to be a full species and sometimes listed as a subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet.