Common Name: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scientific name: Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes
Distribution: across coastal regions of eastern Australia from the tip of Cape York in Queensland, through to Wollongong in New South Wales.
Habitat:lowland eucalypt forests and woodlands but also occurs in heathlands and well-treed urban areas, including parks and gardens.
Field Notes: beak and eyes are red, and it is the only lorikeet with an all-green head combined with a red beak. Sexes appear the same, with green upper-wings and body, marked with yellow 'scales' on the breast and neck. In flight, Scaly-breasted Lorikeets have two-tone, red-orange underwings with grey trailing edges.
Photos by Auscraft, 2011. My Yard, QLD
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Scientific name: Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes
Distribution: across coastal regions of eastern Australia from the tip of Cape York in Queensland, through to Wollongong in New South Wales.
Habitat:lowland eucalypt forests and woodlands but also occurs in heathlands and well-treed urban areas, including parks and gardens.
Field Notes: beak and eyes are red, and it is the only lorikeet with an all-green head combined with a red beak. Sexes appear the same, with green upper-wings and body, marked with yellow 'scales' on the breast and neck. In flight, Scaly-breasted Lorikeets have two-tone, red-orange underwings with grey trailing edges.
Photos by Auscraft, 2011. My Yard, QLD
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