Birds of the Tropical Rainforest

Birds of the Tropical Rainforest

Monday, October 18, 2010

Rainbow Lorikeet

The rainbow lorikeet is a species of parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia , Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas, and its diet consists of  fruit, pollen and nectar, and has a tongue adapted especially for their specific tastes. Their sizes are about medium, being only 25–30 cm, and wingspan of 17 cm. The appearance is true to its name, having a vast amount of colors, having a blue face, their crest being a mixture of reds and yellows, below the crest is another shade of blue, and their wings having different shades of colors being mostly green. Their beaks are small and round, and having a tongue that can get the nectar out of the fruit.
File:Trichoglossus haematodus -Jurong Bird Park, Singapore -Dec2009.jpg

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