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Perfect Lorikeet
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scientific name
Trichoglossus euteles
size
Length.
10 in
Wing: 4.8- 5.2in
Tail: 3.5 - 4.2 in
Beak: 0.55-0.66 in
Weight: about 3oz
characteristics
All green
with lighter yellowish green under parts and olive-yellow head
Beak: orange
Eye: ring around the eye narrow and grayish • iris red
Legs: gray-black
Male’s
head slightly brighter.
Behaviour:
Flocks
of over 100 gather outside of breeding season • Vocalization: Shrill
screech.
reproduction/life
span
Little
known from the wild • Breed perhaps Sept. to Oct • In captivity:
incubation 23 days • 3 eggs.
diet
Wild: Visits
flowering trees and shrubs
Zoo: 30% nectar, 30% fruit & vegetables (kale, grapes, apples, cantaloupe
etc…), 30% bird of paradise pellets, 10% plants flowers and other
novelty items.
habitat/range
Habitat:
Primary and secondary forest and savanna woodland • Cultivated
and settled areas on the more arid islands • Found in lowlands
to 7550 ft.
Range: Timor and surrounding islands, east Indonesia in Lesser Sundra
islands.
status
CITES App. II
other
Also called Olive-headed Lorikeet and Yellow-headed Lorikeet
oregon zoo exhibit
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