Yellow-billed Lorikeet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Mpacker
Papua New Guinea, July 2005

Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

Identification

21–23 cm

• Olive-green head
• Russet hind-crown
• Yellowish streaks on crown
• Greenish streaks on face
• Yellow bill

Distribution

New Guinea and Indonesia.

Photo by mehdhalaouate
Baliem Valley, New Guinea, August 2007

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• N. m. musschenbroekii:

• Vogelkop Mountains (western New Guinea)

• N. m. major:

• Snow Mountains to Huon Peninsula and Owen Stanley Range

Habitat

Mid-level montane forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, berries, hard seeds, eucalyptus flowers and caterpillars.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-billed Lorikeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-billed_Lorikeet

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