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词条 Pohnpei lorikeet
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  1. Description

  2. Habitat and behaviour

  3. In human culture

  4. References

     Cited texts 
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2012}}{{Taxobox
| name = Pohnpei lorikeet
| image = Pohnpei Lorikeet.jpg
| image_caption = In Pohnpei, Micronesia
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [1]
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = Psittaciformes
| superfamilia = Psittacoidea
| familia = Psittaculidae
| subfamilia = Loriinae
| tribus = Loriini
| genus = Trichoglossus
| species = T. rubiginosus
| binomial = Trichoglossus rubiginosus
| binomial_authority = (Bonaparte, 1850)
| synonyms =
}}

The Pohnpei lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubiginosus), known as serehd in Pohnpeian, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the island of Pohnpei and the nearby Ahnd Atoll in Micronesia. Historically the species also occurred on Namoluk Atoll near Chuuk, and the species may once have had a wider distribution throughout Micronesia than it does today.[2]

Description

The Pohnpei lorikeet is {{convert|24|cm|abbr=on}} long and weights around {{convert|80|g|abbr=on}}. Its plumage is mainly reddish-maroon with vague approximately transverse striations of darker maroon. The head a slightly darker maroon. The flight feathers and tail are olive-yellow. Its legs are grey. The male has an orange beak and yellow-orange irises, while the female has a yellow beak and light grey irises. The juveniles have brown beaks and brown irises.[3]

Habitat and behaviour

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. The diet is composed of nectar and pollen from coconuts and also fruit and insect larvae. It nests in a hole in a tree, laying a single egg.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} The species is common and not considered threatened.

In human culture

The "Designation of State Bird Act" established the Pohnpei lorikeet as the state bird of Pohnpei, and simultaneously protected the bird from being hunted or killed; those disobeying the law can be fined or imprisoned.

References

{{Commons category|Trichoglossus rubiginosus}}
1. ^{{IUCN|id=22684564 |title=Trichoglossus rubiginosus |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}
2. ^Steadman D, (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds, University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|978-0-226-77142-7}}
3. ^Forshaw (2006). plate 13.

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Cited texts

  • {{cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw | authorlink=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide|others =Illustrated by Frank Knight|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-09251-6 |page= |nopp = yes| year=2006 }}
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