Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus ‡
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_9821 20181026
Notes: Purple crown, orange-red forehead & lores; orange
ear coverts; copper cast over mantle
& back; pale blue body. Underwing
coverts crimson. Juvenile duller head colours, bill brown.
Screeches in
flight; soft chattering when feeding in canopy of eucalypts. Gregarious blossom
nomad.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_9750 20181026
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_9819 20181026
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_0276 20181028 underwing coverts crimson.
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_0268 20181028 - adult feeding juvenile. Note copper cast over mantle.
Serendip Sanctuary, Vic IMG_2577 20171127
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA IMG_9811 20181027
Stirling Range Retreat, S WA MVI_9827 20181026