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VARIED LORIKEET FACTS |
Description
The Varied Lorikeet is a small pale green parrot. It is the only one with a red cap and white rings round the eyes. It has a lime green ear patch, blue around the neck and pink on chest. The female is duller with olive green cap.
Other Names
Red-crowned Lorikeet, Varied Lory
Size
17-20cm
Habitat
eucalypt and paperbark woodlands, wooded areas along watercourses
Food
mainly flowers, nectar and fruit.
Breeding
nests in tree hollow. Lays 2-3 white oval eggs.
Range
tropical north Australia from Fitzroy River in WA to Cape York in Queensland and south as far as Mackay
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: | Psitteuteles | | Species: | versicolor | | Common Name: | Varied Lorikeet |
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