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Palm Lorikeet
Also Known As: Green Palm Lorikeet, Vanuatu Lorikeet
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Did You Know?
These parrots are virtually undetectable because of their resemblance to the surrounding foliage. They are only found by their occasional high, shrill calls.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Charmosyna
Species:
palmarum
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 17cm (6.6 in) | 35g (1.2 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults red on chin, lores, and base of bill (less in female); mantle washed with olive/brown, often missing in female; underwing band absent; green tail with wide yellow tip; orange bill; yellow eye.
Colourization Juvenile: As in female but with orange/brown bill and brown/yellow eye.
Call: Calls are short and high pitched; more rapid when given in flight. Shrill twittering heard when bird is feeding and softer notes emitted while at rest.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E039.htm&Pic=039_1.JPG%0A&Search=&Lang=
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1372&m=0
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
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