Lorikeets are small, brightly coloured, highly arboreal parrots, a native of Australia. This most striking colored and noisy bird is one of 328 species of parrots found and 1 of 21 subspecies of Lorikeets called the Rainbow Lorikeet. Their distribution is mainly throughout New Zealand and coastal lowlands of northern and eastern Australia. Elsewhere, it is widespread from Indonesia to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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Rainbow Lorikeets exhibit a dazzling color combination, ranging from emerald green, orange, midnight blue, dull blue, ruby red, lemon yellow, purple, violet greenish grey. Surprisingly enough this colourful 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
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Rainbow Lorikeets exhibit a dazzling color combination, ranging from emerald green, orange, midnight blue, dull blue, ruby red, lemon yellow, purple, violet greenish grey. Surprisingly enough this colourful 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
La espera mereció la pena. ¡fantástico!
ReplyDeleteFantastic series. Each picture is better than the next. I do like the one of the male arching his neck. The detail is amazing.
ReplyDeleteHi Ari
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are back!
Missed you, and your posts!
Gosh, another wonderful post here!
Thank you!
The beautiful colors of these parrots is incredible!
Love all the pictures...
You sure do know a lot about birds!
Love those birdies, huh? Me too!
Great info...thank you!
Take care Ari!
Margie
Le Mosquito, thanks so much for the comment :)
ReplyDeletephotowannabe, Thank you. They are very colorful, but noisy and messy too.
ReplyDeleteHey Margie :)
ReplyDeleteThankssss. Its good to be back. I missed y'all. Yes, i love birds. You can expect more bird posts to follow :)
Good to see you back Ari.I cant get over the color of those birds, just awesome. The color combinations are unreal. thanks for posting all that information.I love birds too. the closest thing I had at home is a really pretty parakeet which had some awesome colors too.
ReplyDeleteAri: Glad I am learning about birds from your blog. If not just see the pictures, admire and keep going without reading it. I hear that word "lazy".
ReplyDeleteThe colors on them remind me of the rainbow. Unlike peacock or flamingo, they don't show off their pride in colors. Beautiful.
Ari...Stunning pics...So vibrant hues I'm sitting here totally awww struck.
ReplyDeleteLoved the post :)
Stay Beautiful...!!
lalitha, hope you are feeling better now after your surgery. You are right, the colors look unreal, and this is how the birds look naturally. Parakeets are cool as well but a pain to maintain as they are messy.
ReplyDeleteHi priya, no rush. Take your own time :) Im glad you stop by. These birds are very cute and you are right, they dont show off. They rather use their colors to camouflage in the dense colorful forests.
ReplyDeleteSugarlips, thank you :) nice seeing you here.
ReplyDeleteWow - the bird series continues! Very nicely done - amazing colours.
ReplyDeleteJoel
Cool birds.
ReplyDeleteWow...This would be an awesome series to display on a wall. It is amazing what beautiful and vibrant colors nature produces and also amazing how well you always seem to capture the beauty! Your work is great...I'm so envious (but in a good way)
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling me you're back. And thanks for showing so wonderful birds. Hope we won't get the bird flue looking at them :). We'll catch the Shutter Happy flue instead! That one makes us come back to look for further pictures.
ReplyDeleteAmazing colors! I wonder why these birds have such vibrant and intense colors. Thanks for sharing these spectacular images!
ReplyDelete(Now back from the pause, hope to post more frequiently :)
I return here for see other wiew of your fantastic birds. ¡Oh! Surprise: a link to my blog.
ReplyDelete¡Thank!
Sorry by my poor english.:)
Gorgeous pics, as usual, bro ! apologies for the absence of comments; new job is keeping me busy :( i love these birds; they look quite a bit like Budgies - i was looking around for a pet, and guess what i hit upon ? a baby python !!! :D planning to get one, and make it vegetarian, lol, cuz it's diet is live crickets !! EWWW ! *hugs*
ReplyDeleteWb Ari!
ReplyDeleteKeshi.
Those are such stunning pics.. such beautiful birds..such vibrant colors! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI have been good, thank you for asking and welcome back too :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant shots. Absolutely brilliant.
ReplyDeleteJoel, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteChad, thanks. They are really cool.
ReplyDeleteKimberley, im flattered :) You always have nice words for me. Thanks :)
ReplyDeletehpy, hahaha, that was funny. Thanks for the nice comments :)
ReplyDeleteReflex, thanks mate. These vibrant colors help the birds camouflage in dense forests.
ReplyDeleteLe mosquito. Thanks for adding my link to your blog. I have yours up on mine :)
ReplyDeleteBoo... glad you like your job. Budgies are smaller and mildly colored, not as wild as the lorikeets though. If you get a python, dont get a budgie too. They dont make good friends with each other.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with converting your python to a vegan, not sure how its going to work.
Perspective Inc, thanks for the comment and welcome to my blog.
ReplyDeleteReflex, thank you. same to you as well :)
ReplyDeletenavin, thanks for stopping by. appreciate the comments. thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey ..Belated b'day to u ...i never knew ur birthdate as well...so how was ur day...btw i like the new pics...they r so colorful...:)
ReplyDeleteSuch vibrant colors! Wow, Ari - great job taking these photographs and your post is so informative as always. I hope all is well!
ReplyDelete-Robyn
ps. how is beta blogger working for you? I'm thinking about switching but i've heard there have been compatibility issues with flickr.
Speaking of, I just had issues logging in while posting this comment!
Saira, thanks. Nice to see you here.
ReplyDeleteRobyn, thank you. All is well here. Been really busy earlier.
ReplyDeleteBeta is doing fine for me. The only hiccup was while migrating, i lost the names of people who left comments on my earlier posts. They now show up as Anonymous. I dont use flickr, so i cant say much about issues with it. Other than that, the minor annoyance is to use your gmail or google id to sign in.
Beautifully shot colored lorikeets...just brilliant!
ReplyDeleteWow! thier colors are amazing! i want one! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely work as always, Ari. The one in the 3rd looks very cheeky to me...
ReplyDeleteKalyan, thanks. Welcome to my blog and thanks for the comments.
ReplyDeleteKathy, thank you. If you are serious, then good luck to you, they are very entertaining pets.
ReplyDeleteCorinne, thanks! Yeah, you are right. I fooled it once with an empty cup, it flew right on my arm. Once it realized it got fooled, it never came to me or anyone ;)
ReplyDeleteBeeeeeeeeautiful colors n loooooooovely birds! Where did u find them?
ReplyDeletepriyankari, thank you. Found them at a Lorikeet Aviary
ReplyDeleteAri: Hope everything is fine at your side. I didn't see you updating for 2007. Comeback when you have time.
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