hello ,out for a walk this morning and took a few pic of these birds ,one i am not sure about ,,and i missed one realy nice one redbrowed finch , \ first one- peach face lorikeet ,2-eastern yellow robin ,3 grey fantail ? . 4 superb blue wren ,
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Is it just me Bruce? But I've never heard of a peach- face Lorikeet.Looks like a Musk Lorikeet to me. (where did you read about peach-face? I can't find it in any book) 4 is a female Superb Fairy Wren, and 5 is the matching male SFW.
Anyway, I hope you had a lovely walk? Must have been a lot of fun to see all those birds.
M-L
Not just you M-L , definetly a musk lorikeet . No such thing as a Peachfaced Lorikeet . There is a Peachfaced lovebird which is native to Africa and commonly kept here in captivity .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agapornis_roseicollis_-Peach-faced_Lovebird_pet_on_perch.jpg
Neil
Not just in captivity, narly. About 10 years ago we had a flock of about 5 peach-faced lovebirds near our house. Fortunately, we haven't seen them since.
I would say someone would have left their aviary door open.
Neil
You'd be spot on there, narly. If those peach-faced lovebirds had survived (I haven't heard that they did) it could have caused great damage among native parrot/lorikeet populations.