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LITTLE LORIKEET FACTS |
Description
The Little Lorikeet is a small green lorikeet with black bill and red patch on forehead and throat.. The underside is yellow-green. Immatures are duller with less red on face and brown bill.
Other Names
Green Parakeet
Size
15-17cm
Habitat
forest, woodland, treed areas along watercourses and roads
Food
mainly flowers, nectar and fruit.
Breeding
nests in tree hollow. Lays 4-5 white oval eggs.
Range
coastal east Australia from Cape York in Queensland down east coast and round to South Australia. Uncommon in southern Victoria.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Glossopsitta | | Species: | pusilla | | Common Name: | Little Lorikeet |
Relatives in same Genus
Musk Lorikeet (G. concinna)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (G. porphyrocephala)
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