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Purple-crowned Lorikeet  (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)

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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Did You Know?
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.

Status in the Wild
World Population:
Above 50,000

Range: SW Australia and SE mainland Australia.

Habitat:
Found up to 600m (1968 ft) in drier woodland and forest, occasionally reaching into urban areas to feed on ornamental flowers.

Threat Summary:
There is evidence of a population decline.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Feeds on eucalyptus pollen and nectar, as well as fruit.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Is nomadic due to unpredictability of flowering eucalypts. Usually seen in small parties to large flocks of hundreds of individuals. Feeds in lower branches and shrubs. Roosts communally in large groups. at times a long way from feeding areas.

Clutch and Egg Size:
3-4 rounded eggs, 20.5 x 16.5mm (0.8 x 0.6 in).

Breeding Season:
August-December

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/~martin/surveys.html

http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Files/JackassFlatFloraFauna.pdf

More Info Sites:
http://www.globalnature.org/docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=23849&sp=E&m1=11089&m2=11093&m3=18849&m4=23849&m5=&domid=1011&addminprt=1

http://www.birdcare.asn.au/pdf/BCCSBandingReport2005.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple-crowned_Lorikeet

http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MU9790040.pdf