Alternative Name: Meyer's Lorikeet
- Saudareos meyeri
Trichoglossus meyeri
Identification
21 cm
- Green upperside with few yellow specs
- Olive-yellow forehead, yellow auriculars and brownish-yellow crown
- Yellow throat and breast, with dark green scalloping
- Yellow-green flanks to undertail coverts
- Yellow-green underwing coverts
- Red bill
- Blueish eye-ring
- Red eye
Distribution
South-east Asia: found on Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly included in Yellow-and-green Lorikeet together with Sula Lorikeet.
Formerly placed in genus Trichoglossus.
Habitat
Forests mostly in hilly areas but can occur both higher and lower elevation; sometimes seen in more open areas.
Behaviour
Mostly seen in flocks when searching for flowering trees.
Diet
Their natural diet consists of blossoms, particularly from Erythrina and Euphorbia.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Rasmussen, P. C., N. Collar, J. del Hoyo, and G. M. Kirwan (2021). Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet (Saudareos meyeri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.yaglor2.01
- World Parrot Trust
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-cheeked_Lorikeet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
