Red-collared Lorikeet
Trichoglossus rubritorquis· 长尾鹦鹉科(2 photos)
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Red-collared Lorikeet
25-32 cm. Similar to Rainbow Lorikeet with streaky blue head, green back and red bill, but has nape orange-red, belly black, and breast orange-yellow. Immature: duller; bill blackish. Pairs to flocks: feeds noisily in foliage and blossoms of eucalypts, banksias, paperbarks, etc.; nectar-feeders in gardens. Raids ripe garden fruit, loquats, pears, etc. Gathers in noisy roosts. In flight looks fast, dark and colourful with swept wings and long, pointed tail: note red wing lining and yellow underwing-bar.
- Other name
- Rainbow Lorikeet.
- Similar Species
- Rainbow Lorikeet.
- Voice
- rolling musical screech, deeper than Musk Lorikeet; harsher screeches; raucous chatterings.
- Habitat
- eucalypt forests, woodlands, paperbark woodlands, coastal scrubs, mangroves, plantations, gardens, street trees.
- Breeding
- Mar.-Jan.
- Nest
- on decayed debris; in tree-hollow, often high.
- Eggs
- 2-3; white, oval.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. Aust., from Kimberley (WA) to w. C. York Pen. (Q). Common to abundant.
