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The ornate lorikeet is a mainly green parrot about 25 cm (10.0 in) long. Its head above its eyes is purple-blue and its face below its eyes is red. There is red at back of the head and yellow behind the eyes. It does not have a collar at the back of the neck that rainbow lorikeets have. Its chin to chest has transverse strips and bars of red and blue. Its abdomen is green with sparse variable yellow scalloping. The beak is orange-red, the irises are dark orange, the eye-ring is dark grey, and the legs are grey.
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When to see the Ornate Lorikeet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ornate Lorikeet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ornate Lorikeet
The ornate lorikeet, sometimes named the ornate lory, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi archipelago in Indonesia. It is found in forest, woodland, mangrove and plantations, and is locally common.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-cheeked LorikeetTrichoglossus meyeriThe yellow-cheeked lorikeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.
Olive-headed LorikeetTrichoglossus eutelesThe olive-headed lorikeet is a mainly green parrot about 24 cm (9.5 in) long.
Pohnpei LorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosusThe Pohnpei lorikeet is 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weights around 80 g (2.8 oz).
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