Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Psittacidae .
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Examples
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Comment on “Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus”.
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Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus — Rainbow lorikeet, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
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The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus weberi) is a subspecies endemic to Flores island in the Wallacea Hotspot.
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Thirteen species are endemic to the ecoregion, including the Truk monarch (Metabolus rugensis), the Pohnpei fantail (Rhipidura kubaryi), the Pohnpei mountain starling (Aplonis pelzeni), and the Pohnpei lory (Trichoglossus rubiginosus).
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Trichoglossus iris, and a few other small but interesting birds.
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A small species of Lorikeet (Trichoglossus flavoviridis) seems to have its nearest ally in Australia.
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On our way I had shot the find white-headed pigeon, Ptilonopus cinctus, and the pretty little lorikeet, Trichoglossus euteles.
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I also continued to obtain a few new birds, among which were two or three kinds of small hawks and falcons, a beautiful brush-tongued paroquet, Trichoglossus ornatus, and a rare black and white crow, Corvus advena.
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Lorikeet (Trichoglossus flavoviridis) seems to have its nearest ally in
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Eucalypti, and also the allied species Trichoglossus iris, and a few other small but interesting birds.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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