Burung paruh bengkok (Parrots)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- tidak umum
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
All-green but for yellow feather tips that create a fish-scale chest pattern.
- Populasi
- Not quantified; the global population size has not been estimated, with the species described as common in the centre of its range and rarer towards the northern and southern parts of its range (Least Concern)
- Habitat
- Lowland eucalypt forests and woodlands, melaleuca (paperbark) thickets and swamps, banksia littoral shrubland, heathlands, and well-treed urban parks and gardens, from sea level up to about 600 m elevation.
- Fakta menarik
- The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is the only Australian lorikeet with an entirely green head paired with a dark coral-red bill and orange-red eyes, its yellow-and-green "scaled" breast, mantle and neck feathers giving the species its name.
- Sebaran
- Coastal eastern Australia, from the tip of Cape York Peninsula (near Bamaga), Queensland, south to the Illawarra district (Wollongong) on the New South Wales south coast, including some offshore islands; also introduced/established around Melbourne, Victoria.
- Makanan
- Primarily nectar and pollen (harvested with a specialized brush-tipped tongue) from flowering eucalypts, melaleucas, callistemons, and banksias; also fruits, berries, seeds (e.g. umbrella tree), and some insects/larvae; known to raid orchards and sorghum/maize crops, and forages in mixed flocks with Rainbow Lorikeets.
- Ukuran
- 0,23 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
