Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771)

25–30 cmLength113 gWeight

This brightly colored lorikeet has a blue head, red breast and orange-red bill as an adult.

Most records: Papua New Guinea, Singapore, New Caledonia

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Head blue, grading to brown toward neck
Bill orange-red
Yellow collar on neck, varying in width
Adult breast red, upperparts green

Male, female and young

Sexes look similar; iris color differences are affected by health and should not be used alone to determine sex; juveniles are darker and smaller.

Where and when it's recorded

Coconut Lorikeet has been recorded at 129 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Varirata National ParkPapua New Guinea914 records
Singapore Botanic GardensSingapore633 records
Pacific Adventist UniversityPapua New Guinea410 records

More places

MacRitchie Reservoir ParkSingapore251 records
Parc de la Rivière BleueNew Caledonia219 records
Bishan-Ang Mo Kio ParkSingapore200 records
Kulu RiverPapua New Guinea162 records
Central Catchment Nature ReserveSingapore156 records
Garu WMAPapua New Guinea108 records
Parc des Grandes FougèresNew Caledonia91 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Papua New Guinea Singapore New Caledonia Vanuatu Solomon Islands

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), also known as the green-naped lorikeet and Swainson’s lorikeet, is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Several species of lorikeets now recognised as distinct were once lumped together under Trichoglossus haematodus; together they form the "rainbow lorikeet" species complex.

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Questions

How big is the Coconut Lorikeet?

The Coconut Lorikeet is about 25–30 cm long and weighs around 113 g.

Where does the Coconut Lorikeet live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: central, southern Moluccas, western New Guinea, east to Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It is most often recorded in Papua New Guinea, Singapore and New Caledonia.