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title: "Red-collared Lorikeet"
description: "Trichoglossus rubritorquis — Vogels. 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)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-collared-lorikeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-collared Lorikeet

> Trichoglossus rubritorquis — Vogels. 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).

- Scientific name: *Trichoglossus rubritorquis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 806
- iNaturalist taxon: [980094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980094)

## Names

- en: Red-collared Lorikeet
- de: Darwin-Allfarblori
- es: Lori de cuello rojo
- fr: Loriquet à col rouge

## Countries with the most observations

AU (692)

## Summary

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. 
Every year at the end of the dry season in Darwin, many of them display symptoms of apparent drunkenness. What causes this condition is unclear, though it is thought to be most…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-collared_lorikeet

## Photo

![Red-collared Lorikeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-collared-lorikeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Melissa Doherty · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208871795

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-collared-lorikeet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).