Rainbow Lorikeet
by Olga Hamilton
Title
Rainbow Lorikeet
Artist
Olga Hamilton
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Photograph
Description
The Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common along the eastern seaboard, from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas.
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May 13th, 2014
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Weston Westmoreland
Spectacular creature. I still don't understand how all those colorful birds have not been hunted down by predators millennia ago...