Rainbow Lorikeets

Rainbow lorikeets are such brightly coloured birds, but when they decide to hide amongst the gum leaves they can be really hard to spot.

On a cold winter morning we stopped and talked to this pretty bird.  Not only did he come out and show himself, he also showed us his mate and their baby. 

A few days later we heard some bird call out to us from inside the cape honeysuckle bush.  A couple of heads stuck out of the orange flowers and we discovered the rainbow lorikeets.  The orange band round their necks, their purple heads, along with the dark bands on their abdomens and their green backs give them the perfect camouflage when they go rummaging amongst the flowers and fruits of the gum trees.

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Previous Slide 1/6 Next Rainbow Lorikeet Who are those two humans down there? Rainbow Lorikeet They look okay to me Rainbow Lorikeet Let me take them to my tree Rainbow Lorikeet and show them my mate Rainbow Lorikeet See how well I can hide amongst the gum leaves Rainbow Lorikeet when I want to

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