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Bird of the day: (not found at my feeders, but I wish!) The Rainbow Lorikeet The Rainbow Lorikeet bears the scientific name of Trichoglossus haematodus. A Rainbow Lorikeet is a mid-size parrot that is full of rainbow colors. Male and female lorikeets look similar. Size: These birds are 25 to 30 centimeters long. The wing span is of 17 centimeters. Weight: Average weight of rainbow lorikeets ranges from 75 to 157 grams. Color: The head is a shade of deep blue. The left and right upper sides are deep green. The belly is usually deep green. The thighs and the buttocks are merged in yellow and deep green. Rainbow Lorikeets are hardly distinguishable in genders. The chest is blazing red with strokes of blue and black. These parrots are Australian in origin. They are commonly found in the eastern shoreline stretching from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. They are also found in eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu australiananimallearningzone/rainbow-lorikeet.htm and oddee/item_98487.aspx
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:29:08 +0000

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