Victoria and occasionally the adjacents parts of New South Wales, southern South Australia and Kangaroo Island. Also southern and south-western areas of Western Australia.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Food
Nectar, pollen, native and cultivated fruits and berries.
Voice
A rapid shrill trilled 'tsi-i-it', given constantly, in contact in flight. Lacks the tone of the Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla) and is longer. Shrill twittering while feeding.
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala) [XC310806]
by nick talbot from Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia (call)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala) [XC608455]
by Drew Davison from Ocean Beach Caravan Park, Shire of Denmark, Western Australia, Australia (call)
Nest
In a hole of a tree.
Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; white; round; about 20 x 17 mm. Incubation: probably by female.
Young
Leave the nest in about 28 days and within a further two or three weeks are independent of their parents.
Subspecies
Forms a parapatric species pair with Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla), which lacks the red underwings and has a red face.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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