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Olive-headed Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Perfect Lorikeet, Yellow-headed Lorikeet
 
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Olive-headed Lorikeet perched

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Did You Know?
The Trichoglossus species of parrots all have orange beaks.

Species Profile
Genus:
Trichoglossus

Species:
euteles

Size: Adult Weight:
25cm (9.75 in) 80-85g (2.8-3 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Adults in general green; olive/yellow head, bordered with pale green collar around neck; underwing stripe yellow. Bill orange/red. Eye red.

Colourization Juvenile: Head green/olive, lightly streaked with paler green. Bill brown. Eye brown.

Call: Calls are described as repetitious. long and wheezy; also rapid, buzzy trilling notes and muted series of harsh, longer squeaks, twitters and whistles.

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Content Sources:

BirdCare http://www.birdcare.com.au/perfect_lorikeet.htm

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E018.htm&Pic=018_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=1349&m=0

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

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.