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Trichoglossus haematodus
Habitat: Forests, open forest, coastal or inland rainforest, and can inhabit urban areas with a good supply of trees including Bali, islands in the Fores Sea, Indonesia, east through New Guinea and adjacent islands, Northern and Eastern Australia and Tasmania.
Diet: Flowers, pollen, nectar, blossoms, berries, and fruits
Reproduction: Breeding in the wild is from August to January. Incubation lasts 3-4 weeks. The average number of eggs laid is 2 or 3. They wean in 6-8 weeks. The young have a much duller plumage than the adults.
Behavior: Rainbow lorikeets are normally found in flocks, which can include thousands of individuals at night roosts. During the day, they move and feed in much smaller flocks ranging up to 20 birds. They are very noisy, active, intelligent, and are often seen in the company of other bird species.
Physical Description: There intense colors have patches of emerald green, orange midnight blue, dull blue, ruby red, lemon yellow, purple, violet greenish grey. Surprisingly enough this colorful bird can be hard sometimes to pick out in its natural habitat They are a small bird generally 11 to 12 inches long, weighing 120 to 140 grams on average females are generally a bit smaller and adolescents have duller markings They are said to live over 20 years in the wild their vocalization is varied from "screeching" in flight to "chatting" during feeding
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
Fun Facts:
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They are nomadic; these birds travel in search of food. Lorikeets will travel to certain areas based on the time of year vegetation is in bloom. |
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Lorikeets have a brush-like tongue that enables them to eat pollen and nectar from flowers. |
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Lorikeets play an important role in pollination. As they eat, pollen attaches to their feathers and fertilizes the plant where they eat their next meal. |
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