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Ornate Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Ornate Lory
 
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Ornate Lory (Trichloglossus ornatus) perched on branch

Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
 
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Did You Know?
Lories and lorikeets are also known as "brush-tongued parrots" because of their papillae-covered tongue, which allows them to access nectar and pollen with ease.

Species Profile
Genus:
Trichoglossus

Species:
ornatus

Size: Adult Weight:
25cm (9.75 in) 110g (3.8 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults purple/blue crown, forehead and band from eye to ear coverts; bright red lores to cheeks; yellow patch down side of neck behind ear coverts; red occiput; red throat and breast barred with dusty blue; green abdomen to undertail coverts, with yellow scalloping; bright green upperparts and tail; yellow underwing coverts. Cere and eye ring dark grey. Bill orange/red. Eye dark orange.

Colourization Juvenile: Green occiput with light red markings; barring on breast narrower. Bill brown/orange. Cere and eye ring pale grey. Eye brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are shrill and high-pitched. Also a variety of whistling notes.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

The Lory Link http://www.kcbbs.gen.nz/lori/ar/lories.html

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

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E012.htm&Pic=012_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=1346&m=0

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.