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Striated Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Streaked Lorikeet, Yellow-streaked Lorikeet
 
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Striated Lorikeets on a limb

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Species Profile
Genus:
Charmosyna

Species:
multistriata

Size: Adult Weight:
18 cm (7 in) 40g (1.4 oz)

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults brown hindcrown and nape, with orange/yellow spotting which varies between individuals; dark green breast streaked with yellow/green, the remainder of underparts green streaked with green/yellow; red vent; olive/green tail tipped with dusky yellow, with red bases of lateral feathers. Bill orange with grey at base. Eye red.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but orange/yellow spotting on nape duller and smaller.

Call: Calls are distinctive, with mostly single drawn-out whistles, sometimes becoming two or three notes; some chattering before beginning of whistling calls.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E043.htm&Pic=043_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=1376&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, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.

Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.