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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
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Psittaciformes | | Family: | Psittacidae | | Genus: | Psitteuteles | | Species: | versicolor | | Common Name: | Varied Lorikeet |
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