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Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus

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Field Notes

Description:

Brightly coloured and noisy small parrot. Flight fast and twisting.

Habitat:

Common all over Australia. This one was in Sydneys Botanical Gardens

Notes:

There are many subspecies of T.haematodus, this one is probably T.h.moluccanus

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Rainbow Lorikeet

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PublishedMarch 1, 2012

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