Tuesday, February 17, 2015

PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET

Photographed near Serendip Sanctuary, Victoria Febrauary 2015; not a good picture but will replace with better eventually
507            PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET            Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Australia          (348)

15-17 cm. Found in eucalyptus woodlands, drier forests on foothills, plains, roadside timber, shelter-belts, timbered watercourses, bush dams. Ranges across southern mainland, e. Victoria to s. WA, coastal to Geraldton; inland to s. riverina-mallee areas of sw. NSW; s. Flonders Ranges(SA); G. Vict. Desert-McKenzies-Payne’s Find (WA).


Next three photographs were taken along entry road to Eyre Bird Observatory, Western Australia, March 2015



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