Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

All-green but for yellow feather tips that create a fish-scale chest pattern.

Habitat: Lowland eucalypt forests and woodlands, melaleuca (paperbark) thickets and swamps, banksia littoral shrubland, heathlands, and well-treed urban parks and gardens, from sea level up to about 600 m elevation.
Fun fact: The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is the only Australian lorikeet with an entirely green head paired with a dark coral-red bill and orange-red eyes, its yellow-and-green "scaled" breast, mantle and neck feathers giving the species its name.
Range: Coastal eastern Australia, from the tip of Cape York Peninsula (near Bamaga), Queensland, south to the Illawarra district (Wollongong) on the New South Wales south coast, including some offshore islands; also introduced/established around Melbourne, Victoria.
Diet: Primarily nectar and pollen (harvested with a specialized brush-tipped tongue) from flowering eucalypts, melaleucas, callistemons, and banksias; also fruits, berries, seeds (e.g. umbrella tree), and some insects/larvae; known to raid orchards and sorghum/maize crops, and forages in mixed flocks with Rainbow Lorikeets.
Size: 0.23 m
Lifespan: 20 years

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