Rainbow lorikeet
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The rainbow lorikeet is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush, and woodl
Rainbow lorikeet Sydney
In Brisbane, Queensland
Eating watermelon with a scaly-breasted lorikeet
Drinking Banksia nectar
Coconut lorikeet
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The coconut lorikeet, also known as the green-naped lorikeet and Swainson’s lorikeet, is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Several species of lorikeets now recognised as distinct were once lumped
Rainbow lorikeet
…lorikeet (T. weberi). This is increasingly followed by major authorities. In 2019 The rainbow lorikeet in Australia was split into three: rainbow, coconut (T. haematodus) and red-collared lorikeets (T. rubritorquis). Three syntypes of Trichoglossus novaehollandiae septentrionalis Robinson (Bull. Liverpool…
Trichoglossus haematodus Jurong Bird Park, Singapore Dec 2009
Immature from François Levaillant's 1801 book Histoire naturelle des perroquets
Eggs in MHNT collection showing variation in shape within one clutch
Green Naped Lorikeet