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Purple-crowned Lorikeet  (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)

Also Known As: Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet, Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Purple-capped Lorikeet or Lory, Purple-capped Parakeet, Zit Parrot

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Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Newcomb, Geelong, Vic

Credit: (c) Michael Todd | http://www.wildlifing.com

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Did You Know? Its swift, direct flight sometimes gets the Purple-crowned Lorikeet in trouble; these birds have been in numerous collisions with telephone lines or netting fences.

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