Red-collared Lorikeet

How to identify

Field marks

1. A single orange-red band across the nape
2. Head and throat feathers dark brown with blue shafts
3. Breast orange with red
4. Adult bill red, wings green

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in plumage; juvenile duller, with a dark bill.

Similar species

Rainbow Lorikeet

This species has an orange-red nape and blue upper back; Rainbow Lorikeet has a green nape, no blue on the upper back, and more yellow-green underparts.

Where and when it's recorded

Red-collared Lorikeet has been recorded at 21 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Muirhead bushlandAustralia1,094 records
2. George Brown Darwin Botanic GardensAustralia969 records
3. Broome Bird ObservatoryAustralia932 records

Countries and regions with the most records

AustraliaSingapore

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 red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) is a species of parrot found in wooded habitats in northern Australia (north-eastern Western Australia, northern Northern Territory and far north-western Queensland). It was previously considered a subspecies of the rainbow lorikeet, but today most major authorities consider them as separate species. No other member of the rainbow lorikeet group has an orange-red collar over the nape.

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