Rainbow Lorikeet
Calls & Sounds
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
The Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) is a striking, multi-coloured species of lorikeet found in eastern Australia.
What does a Rainbow Lorikeet sound like? Rainbow Lorikeets make loud screeching calls, squawks & whistles. Like other species of lorikeets, they are a noisy and gregarious birds, and can often be heard as they fly overhead or are feeding on the nectar of flowering trees. Their calls are a familiar sound of forests & woodlands in many parts of Australia.
Listen to some examples of Rainbow Lorikeet sounds below.
Listen to Rainbow Lorikeet Sounds
The audio in the video below features a soundscape with the of calls of Rainbow Lorikeets. Recorded in Lakefield National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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Australian Bird Sounds
Other bird calls from the Australian bush:
- Bellbird, Crested
- Black Cockatoo, Red-tailed
- Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed
- Boobook, Australian
- Boobook, Tasmanian
- Bowerbird, Golden
- Bowerbird, Satin
- Bowerbird, Spotted
- Bronzewing, Common
- Brushturkey, Australian
- Budgerigar
- Butcherbird, Black
- Butcherbird, Grey
- Butcherbird, Pied
- Catbird, Green
- Catbird, Spotted
- Cassowary, Southern
- Chowchilla
- Cockatiel
- Cockatoo, Palm
- Coucal, Pheasant
- Crane, Sarus
- Cuckoo, Channel-billed
- Cuckoo, Fan-tailed
- Currawong, Black
- Currawong, Pied
- Dove, Diamond
- Drongo, Spangled
- Emu
- Fairywren, Superb
- Figbird, Australasian
- Finch, Zebra
- Flycatcher, Restless
- Friarbird, Noisy
- Frogmouth, Marbled
- Frogmouth, Papuan
- Frogmouth, Tawny
- Fruit Dove, Wompoo
- Honeyeater, Brown
- Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked
- Kingfisher, Sacred
- Kite, Whistling
- Koel, Pacific
- Kookaburra, Blue-winged
- Kookaburra, Laughing
- Lorikeet, Rainbow
- Lyrebird, Superb
- Magpie, Australian
- Miner, Bell
- Miner, Noisy
- Nightjar, Large-tailed
- Nightjar, Spotted
- Oriole, Green
- Oriole, Olive-backed
- Owl, Australian Masked
- Owl, Eastern Barn
- Owl, Powerful
- Owl, Barking
- Owl, Lesser Sooty
- Owl, Greater Sooty
- Owlet-nightjar, Australian
- Pardalote, Spotted
- Parrot, Eclectus
- Pitta, Noisy
- Raven, Australian
- Robin, Eastern Yellow
- Robin, Flame
- Rosella, Crimson
- Rosella, Eastern
- Scrubfowl, Orange-footed
- Shrikethrush, Grey
- Shrikethrush, Little
- Songlark, Brown
- Songlark, Rufous
- Stone-curlew, Bush
- Wagtail, Willie
- Whipbird, Eastern
- Whistler, Australian Golden
- Whistler, Rufous