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immature Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, photographed in Brisbane
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Rainbow and Scaly-breasted lorikeets feeding together at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland.
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Scaly-breasted Lorikeets photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary feeding with the Rainbow Lorikeets
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photographed at Currumbin Sanctuary
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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is green with yellow "scales" on chest. It is smaller than the Rainbow Lorikeet. The two species are sometimes seen together.
Size
23cm
Habitat
eucalypt forests and woodlands, parks and gardens
Food
nectar and pollen
Breeding
lays 2 eggs on a bed of decayed wood in a hollow tree branch
Range
coastal regions of eastern Australia from Cape York in Queensland to southern New South Wales.
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: | Trichoglossus | | Species: | chlorolepidotus | | Common Name: | Scaly-breasted Lorikeet |
Relatives in same Genus
Rainbow Lorikeet (T. haematodus)
Red-collared Lorikeet (T. rubritorquis)
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