Alternative name: Citrine Lorikeet
- Trichoglossus flavoviridis
Identification
20cm. Green, olive/yellow forehead and crown, brown collar, yellow throat and breast to abdomen, with dark green scalloping, yellow/green flanks to undertail coverts, yellow/green underwing coverts, orange/yellow bill, lores and eye-ring bare and pink/orange, eye orange/yellow.
Distribution
Found on Sulawesi and the Sulu Islands in Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- T.f. flavoviridis on Sulu Islands
- T.f. meyeri on Sulawesi
Habitat
Montane forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes pollen and nectar.
