Yellow and Green Lorikeet
Also known as:
Yellow-green Lorikeet, Sula Lorikeet, Citrine Lorikeet
Also known as:
Yellow-green Lorikeet, Sula Lorikeet, Citrine Lorikeet
Size:
20 cm (7.8 in)
Weight:
80-95 g (2.8-3.3 oz)
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Both adults in general green; olive/yellow forehead and crown; nuchal collar brown; yellow throat and breast to abdomen, with dark green scalloping; yellow/green flanks to undertail coverts; yellow/green underwing coverts. Beak orange/yellow. Lores and eye-ring bare and pink/orange. Eye orange/yellow.
Colour Juvenile:
More green where yellow markings are. Beak brown. Lores and eye-ring bare and white. Eye brown.
Call:
Calls made in flight are high-pitched and screechy. While feeding in flocks birds give series of moderately pitched, slurred squeaky chattering notes with upward inflection. Also emits high-pitched whistles.
More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
The Lory Link
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Low, 1986.
Captive Status:
Fairly common.
Longevity:
Probably 25-35 yrs.
Housing:
Enclosure with well drained, concrete or tiled floor, or indoor aviary, minimum length 1.8 m (6 ft) within a tiled room for ease of cleaning.
Diet:
Nectar such as a commercial type or homemade from: lactose-free baby cereal, honey and malt extract or molasses, mixed with filtered water and made fresh once or twice daily, and comprising at least 40 percent of the diet; fruits such as: apple, pear, orange, bananas, cactus fruits, pomegranate; vegetables such as: carrot, celery, corn on the cob or frozen sweet corn; green leaves such as: Swiss chard, lettuce, dandelion, sowthistle, chickweed; dried figs soaked in water for a few hours; spray millet; small amount of soaked or sprouted sunflower seed and small amount of canary seed and/or oats.
Enrichment:
Provide bird-safe, unsprayed flowering branches, different sized perches, foraging/puzzle toys, easy-to-clean ladders, noise makers and swings. Also provide overhead misters or shallow water bowls for bathing.
Nest Box Size:
Hinged lid nestbox or L-shaped nestbox, at least 10″ x 10″ x 25″ (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm x 63.5 cm).
Clutch Size:
2
Fledging Age:
7-8 weeks
Hatch Weight:
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Peak Weight:
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Weaning Weight:
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World Population:
Unknown.
IUCN Red List Status:
Near Threatened
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
Population trend is unknown. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Forest loss within the species’ range has occurred at a rate of c. 1-6% over the past three generations. Much of the lowland forests on Taliabu and Mangole are highly degraded. Remains common in lowland degraded areas, so it is uncertain whether rates of forest loss and degradation are sufficient to cause declines. As such, the population trend is considered unknown but unlikely to be declining rapidly.
Range:
Taliabu, Mangole, and Sulabesi, in Sula Islands.
Habitat:
Found up 800-2000 m (2624-6560 ft) from lowland to upper montane rainforest; also has been seen in open country where Erythrina sp. is flowering, along forest edge and in isolated stands of trees.
Wild Diet:
Feeds on nectar, flowers, fruits, pollen and seeds.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Seen usually in small groups, noisily mixing with Ornate Lorkeets while foraging. Is shy, keeping to dense foliage where it is nearly impossible to detect.
Clutch and Egg Size:
2 eggs
Breeding Season:
Not recorded.
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