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Pygmy Lorikeet
Also Known As: Wilhelmina's Lorikeet, Pygmy Streaked Lorikeet
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Did You Know?
The Pygmy Lorikeet is the smallest lorikeet, weighing in at only 20g (0.7 oz).
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Charmosyna
Species:
wilhelminae
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 13cm (5 in) | 20g (0.7 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-purple/brown crown and nape, the nape streaked with blue; hindneck has olive wash; red lower back; rump dark purple/blue; breast streaked with yellow; underwing coverts red; stripe under the wing red; tail green tipped with yellow, with red at base of side feathers. Bill orange. Eye orange/red. Female-green lower back and underwing coverts with red underwing stripe absent.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adult but with little or no streaking on breast or nape; red underwing coverts and stripe under wing in males, but lower back purple. Bill brown. Eye brown.
Call: Are described as high-pitched and not unlike those of Micropsitta pygmy parrots, but with harsh notes of other lorikeets.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E044.htm&Pic=044_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=1377&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.
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