Musk Lorikeet
Trichoglossus concinnus
Medium-sized bright green and yellow lorikeet with red and blue facial markings. Note red cheek patch behind eye. Feeds in flowering eucalypt trees on pollen and nectar, however, also eats insects and fruit. Nomadic; moves in response to flowering eucalypts.
Identification
The musk lorikeet is 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long. It is mainly green and it is identified by its red forehead, blue crown and a distinctive yellow band on its wing. Both upper and lower mandibles of the beak are red at the tip and darker near its base.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Trichoglossus concinnus
- Authority
- (Shaw, 1791)
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Trichoglossus
Range and habitat
Musk lorikeets are found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.They are an uncommon nomad in woodlands and drier forests in south-east mainland, mainly west of Great Dividing Range, and in Tasmania.Musk lorikeets have been sighted and are recent common visitors to fruit trees in the Punchbowl Area, near Launceston, Northern Tasmania. Favourite foods seem to include apricots, apples, bottlebrush flowers & nectar, as well as seeds and nectar from Grevillea spp.
- Migration
- Nomadic movement
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
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