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Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
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Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2013

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 Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus
Psittacidae

Rainbow Lorikeets are widespread in eastern and northern Australia, and also around Perth. Separated from their natural range by thousands of kilometres, the feral Rainbow Lorikeets of Perth had become established by the late 1960s. In the 1980s, the population expanded. The problem with Rainbow Lorikeets in Perth is that they are aggressive around nesting hollows, preventing native birds from nesting. They have even been recorded dragging the nestlings of Australian Ringnecks from hollows and dropping them onto the ground, then occupying the hollow themselves.

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 04/21/2013 05:21:05 PM
That is one colorful bird!
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 04/10/2013 09:18:36 AM
Oh wow! How lovely.
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 04/08/2013 05:10:59 PM
I've seen these birds - but only in zoos - very colorful!
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 04/07/2013 09:32:22 PM
They are so colourful. I had a few land on my head at a zoo before!
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 04/07/2013 02:51:30 PM
Looks very cropped, but I like all the colors!
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 04/07/2013 02:24:54 PM
A favorite at the Denver Zoo. Your is in the wild, of course. Great colors.
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 04/06/2013 07:32:23 PM
nothing as colorful in the woods around here
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 04/06/2013 07:32:22 PM
Amazing bird.
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