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Feather pattern

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Subject: Feather pattern
From: "Margaret Leggoe" <>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:27:08 +1100

It was not until I had a second look at this photo from WA that I really looked at the feathers on the flank.  The feathers themselves are multicoloured, well and truly earning this bird the title of “rainbow” lorikeet.

Margaret Leggoe

 

 

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