Blue Mountain Rainbow Lorikeet
The Rainbow Lorikeet, too Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a brightly coloured medium sized parrot.
The bird is found in the north and east of Australia to Tasmania, south and east Indonesia, east through New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Rainbow Lorikeets have been introduced in Perth (Western Australia), Hong Kong (China) and Auckland (New Zealand). Its habitat is rainforest, mangroves, coastal bush, woodland areas, gardens, parks.
Rainbow lorikeets are approximately 28 cm long with a 44 cm wingspan. Both sexes look alike, with a violet-blue head, dark blue belly, green wings, tail and back, and an orange/yellow breast. The legs are grey. It has a red bill and iris. The female is smaller and has a shorter bill. There is a lot of color variation between the 20 different sub-species. The subspecies on the picture is also known as Swainson's Lorikeet and Blue Mountain Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus).
Rainbow Lorikeets often travel together in pairs and occasionally respond to calls to fly as a flock, then disperse again into pairs. Rainbow Lorikeets are monogamous and pair for life.
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Blue Mountain Rainbow Lorikeet
The Rainbow Lorikeet, too Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a brightly coloured medium sized parrot.
The bird is found in the north and east of Australia to Tasmania, south and east Indonesia, east through New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Rainbow Lorikeets have been introduced in Perth (Western Australia), Hong Kong (China) and Auckland (New Zealand). Its habitat is rainforest, mangroves, coastal bush, woodland areas, gardens, parks.
Rainbow lorikeets are approximately 28 cm long with a 44 cm wingspan. Both sexes look alike, with a violet-blue head, dark blue belly, green wings, tail and back, and an orange/yellow breast. The legs are grey. It has a red bill and iris. The female is smaller and has a shorter bill. There is a lot of color variation between the 20 different sub-species. The subspecies on the picture is also known as Swainson's Lorikeet and Blue Mountain Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus).
Rainbow Lorikeets often travel together in pairs and occasionally respond to calls to fly as a flock, then disperse again into pairs. Rainbow Lorikeets are monogamous and pair for life.
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