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Varied Lorikeet
Also Known As: Varied Lory, Variegated Lorikeet, Red-capped Lorikeet, Red-crowned Lorikeet
Varied Lorikeet Mount Isa, Northwestern Queensland, Australia
Credit: © Ian Montgomery | http://birdway.com.au
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Did You Know?
The Varied Lorikeet likes to leaf-bathe, that is, it rubs its body over leaves made wet by rainshowers and thus has a bath in the process.
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Psitteuteles
Species:
versicolor
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 19cm (7.4 in) | 50-60g (1.7-2.1 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults in general yellow/green plumage; red lores, forehead and crown, in female duller and less far reaching; purple/pink upper breast streaked with yellow, less evident in female. Bill coral red. Eye ring white. Eye orange/yellow.
Colourization Juvenile: Much duller than adults; frontal band pale red, but crown green; pale green breast with pink markings minimal or absent. Bill brown, washed with orange at base. Eye pale brown.
Call: Calls given in flight are shrill screeches. High-pitched chattering while feeding. When at rest emits soft twittering notes.
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
BirdHealth http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/lorikeets/lorikeets.html
Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E019.htm&Pic=019_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=1354&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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