Musk Lorikeet
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Purple-crowned Lorikeet
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| Musk Lorikeet Amber back | | Purple-crowned Lorikeet Front | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Parrots (Psittaciformes) | ||||
| Family: | Parrot (Psittacidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Blue-winged Parrot (Neophema chrysostoma) | ||||
| This Photo: | Posterior | ||||
Thank you Matt Campbell for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere These are very similar to Elegan Parrots (Neophema elegans), which is not surprising given they are in the same sub-genus. When commenting on the differences between these & Elegant Parrots, Matt said "The blue on the wings appears as mostly one shade (in the Elegant there is a definite two-toned pattern on the wing) and the band across the face does not extend beyond the eye as it does in an Elegant :)" | |||||
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