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Musschenbroek's Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Yellow-billed Lorikeet, Yellow-billed Mountain Lory, Alpine Lorikeet
 
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Musschenbroek’s Lorikeet in flight

Credit: © Mehd Halaouate | http://www.indonesien.nu/indonesieneng/index.shtml
 
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Did You Know?
The Musschenbroek's or Yellow-billed Lorikeet is often observed to run "rodent-like" along branches, keeping its head down as it does so.

Species Profile
Genus:
Neopsittacus

Species:
musschenbroekii

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 43-55g (1.5-1.9 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: N.m. musschenbroekii, N.m. medius, N.m. major

Colourization Adult: N.m. musschenbroekii: both adults in general green; olive/brown crown and nape, streaked with dull yellow; olive/brown hindneck and cheeks, the cheeks streaked pale green; red throat to centre of abdomen; red underwing coverts and underwing band; green uppertail tipped with yellow, orange/yellow undertail with red at base of lateral feathers. Bill pale yellow. Eye red. N.m. medius: both adults as in musschenbroekii, but larger in size; more yellow streaking on cheeks. N.m. major: both adults as in medius, but plumage in general paler; red underparts; green/yellow streaking on cheeks.

Colourization Juvenile: N.m. musschenbroekii: in general duller than adults; green throat and upper breast marked with red; green lower breast. Bill pale brown tipped with yellow. Cere yellow. N.m. medius: as in adults.

Call: Calls made when perched are two-syllable screeches, the second note being lower than the first. Also musical three-note calls with downward inflection. Call notes lower-pitched, nasal and hollow sounding.

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Content Sources:

BirdCare http://www.birdcare.com.au/musschenbroek's_lorikeet.htm

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E055.htm&Pic=055_1.JPG

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1387&m=0

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

xeno-canto Asia http://www.xeno-canto.org/

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.