Greetings Folks While updating a number of birdlists for my website [www.birdingsouthburnett.com] I came across the Coconut Lorikeet. It appears to be conflicting with Rainbow Lorikeet. The problem also exists in my computer bird journal program but I am addressing that issue elsewhere. It appears that only the IOC makes specific reference to the Coconut as a separate species: Coconut haematodus Rainbow moluccanus Clements has the Coconut as a “group” within the Rainbow complex: Trichoglossus haematodus [haematodus Group] Rainbow Lorikeet (Coconut) Other consulted authorities [e.g. Lynx, Avibase, etc.] basically concur with Clements. Which brings me to the recently released BARC list: Trichoglossus moluccanus Coconut Trichoglossus moluccanus Rainbow Am I to take this as indicating that “Coconut” is merely an alternative name for “Rainbow”; or is it considered a subspecies; or that the two having identical scientific names is a mere oversight, a “typo”? I would be grateful for any and all assistance in fathoming out how my Rainbows got onto the coconut shy. Cheers
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I’m sure this is a typo in the BARC checklist. Coconut Lorikeet is T. haematodus. Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia —–Original Message—– Sent: Friday, 20 February 2015 9:55 AM Greetings Folks While updating a number of birdlists for my website [www.birdingsouthburnett.com] I came across the Coconut Lorikeet. It appears to be conflicting with Rainbow Lorikeet. The problem also exists in my computer bird journal program but I am addressing that issue elsewhere. It appears that only the IOC makes specific reference to the Coconut as a separate species: Coconut haematodus Rainbow moluccanus Clements has the Coconut as a “group” within the Rainbow complex: Trichoglossus haematodus [haematodus Group] Rainbow Lorikeet (Coconut) Other consulted authorities [e.g. Lynx, Avibase, etc.] basically concur with Clements. Which brings me to the recently released BARC list: Trichoglossus moluccanus Coconut Trichoglossus moluccanus Rainbow Am I to take this as indicating that “Coconut” is merely an alternative name for “Rainbow”; or is it considered a subspecies; or that the two having identical scientific names is a mere oversight, a “typo”? I would be grateful for any and all assistance in fathoming out how my Rainbows got onto the coconut shy. Cheers
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