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Whiskered Lorikeet  

Also Known As: Plum-faced Lorikeet, Plum-faced Mountain Lory
 
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Whiskered or Plum-faced Lorikeet perching, Baliem Valley

Credit: © Mehd Halaouate | http://www.indonesien.nu/indonesieneng
 
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Did You Know?
The Whiskered Lorikeet has been seen displaying its underwing markings which may be linked to courtship. The male engages in head-bobbing as well.

Species Profile
Genus:
Oreopsittacus

Species:
arfaki

Size: Adult Weight:
15cm (6 in) 16-23g (0.5-0.8 oz)

Races including nominate:
three: O.a. arfaki, O.a. major, O.a. grandis

Colourization Adult: O.a. arfaki: both adults mainly green in colour; red forecrown; purple lores and cheeks; from lores to area below eyes are two rows of white streaks; orange/red abdomen and lower flanks; yellow on sides of undertail coverts; red underwing coverts to sides of breast; underwing stripe yellow; green tail tipped with rose/red. Bill black. Eye dark brown. O.a. major: larger in size than arfaki; tail has scarlet tips. O.a. grandis: as in major, but with green on abdomen to lower flanks.

Colourization Juvenile: O.a arfaki: frontal band red in males, orange frontal band narrower in females; green crown; dull green cheeks, with dull mauve wash; white steaks beneath eye faint. O.a. major: as in adults. O.a. grandis: as in adults.

Call: Calls are described as soft, twittering notes sounding like the jangle of small coins; also repetitious, abrupt notes.

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Content Sources:

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E053.htm&Pic=053_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=1386&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.