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Purple-crowned Lorikeet  

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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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.

Species Profile
Genus:
Glossopsitta

Species:
porphyrocephala

Size: Adult Weight:
16cm (6.2 in) 40-50g (1.4-1.75 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults in general green; orange forehead; deep purple crown; yellow ear coverts; pale blue underparts; sides of breast yellow; bronze/brown upper mantle; red underwing coverts. Bill black. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Duller than adults with green crown.

Call: Calls are shrill notes given continuously in flight. Sharp, metallic chattering given while feeding.

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Content Sources:

BirdHealth http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/lorikeets/lorikeets.html

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1371&m=0

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

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.