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    Lorikeet, Green-naped

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    • Lorikeet, Green-naped

    Like their Australian cousins, green-naped lorikeets feed loudly on flowering shrubs and trees in Indonesia and Australia. They are social birds, gathering to feed, screech and preen one another.

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      Lorikeet, Green-naped
      Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus, Aves Psittaciformes

      Overall length is about ten inches, and weight 3.5 to 5.5 ounces. The forehead, forecrown and chin are blue, and the ear-coverts and throat are purple-black. There is a greenish-yellow band on the nape. The lower throat and upper breast are bright red with purplish-black edges to the feathers, giving a barred appearance. The center of the abdomen is green, and the lower abdomen, flanks, thighs and under-tail coverts are yellow, with most of the feathers edged in green. The under-wing coverts and part of the flanks are red, and there is a broad yellow band across the underside of the flight feathers. The underside of the tail is olive, with the outer feathers having yellowish inner webs. The back, wings and upper side of the tail are green. The bill is orange-red and the iris is red. Immatures are duller than adults, with the bill brownish-black and the iris brown.

      • Australian Adventure
      • RangeIndonesia, New Guinea
      • HabitatWooded country, rainforest, mangroves, riparian woodland, plantations, gardens, edges of vegetation
      • Life SpanUnknown
      • Wild DietPollen, nectar, fruits, blossoms, seeds
      • Zoo DietNectar, soft fruits, such as bananas, etc.

      Conservation

      StatusLeast Concern

      The Zoo is tackling today's most complex and pressing human-wildlife conservation issues with conservation partnersĀ in more than a dozen countries around the world.

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      Did you know?

      The tongues of lorikeets are covered with brush-like papillae for mopping food from flowers, and the stomach is thin-walled for ready digestion.

      • Behavior

        They tend to avoid dense primary forest. They are usually seen in pairs or in small flocks, but in certain flowering trees large numbers may congregate to feed. Like all lorikeets, they are arboreal and gregarious. Each morning at day-break they fly out from their roosts and disperse to feed, sometimes travelling 30 miles or more. They fly in compact groups, screeching regularly. At food trees they clamber agilely about the outer foliage, often hanging upside-down to rifle blossoms. During the heat of mid-day there is usually a lull in activity as they sit about preening each other. After another bout of intense feeding in late afternoon, they return to their roosts.

      • Reproduction

        Pairing is usually permanent. In courtship, male and female bow, bob and squirm close together, and sometimes roll over and over, playing at biting. Although the female appears to incubate alone, the male spends much time with her in the hollow, feeding her by regurgitation and roosting with her at night. The nest is usually a hollow limb or tree near water. The eggs are laid on wood dust at the bottom of the hollow. For several days after fledging, the young return to sleep in the nest. They fledge about eight weeks after hatching.

      • Gestation25 to 27 days
      • LitterClutch: 1 to 3 eggs

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