Parrots (Psittacidae)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala) - HBW 4, p. 355
French: Lori à couronne pourpre
German: Blauscheitellori
Spanish: Lori Coronipúrpura
Taxonomy: Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus Dietrichsen, 1837, South Australia.
Forms a parapatric species pair with G. pusilla. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW & SE Australia including Kangaroo I, with vagrant flocks recorded as far N as SE Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair of birds standing at the entrance to their nesting hollow, calling occasionally. Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A pair of birds standing at the entrance to their nesting hollow, calling occasionally. Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A bird preening at the entrance to its nest hollow. Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird coming out of its nesting hollow, followed by its mate. Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 12 sec 4 -
A bird perching at the entrance to its nesting hollow, joined by its mate. The mate then enters the hollow. Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 4 -
Six birds perching on a branch, fighting and calling. Four fly away, leaving two, which then fly away. Locality You Yangs Regional Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 23 May 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.3
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Feeding on blossom
Locality South Australia, Australia
Ian Colley 16 September 2011 49 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird perched at the entrance to its nest hollow.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched outside its nesting hollow.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perching on a branch.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 20 June 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
An adult hanging upside down while feeding.
Locality Serendip Sanctuary, Lara, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 1 October 2012 27 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched in a tree, fluffing out its feathers.
Locality Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 20 June 2010 2 years ago 3.5
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Several birds calling while feeding in flowering eucalypts. Locality Serendip Sanctuary, Lara, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 1 October 2012 31 weeks ago 0
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