hybrid lorikeet?

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I'm no expert Sandra, but it looks a standard Rainbow with strange patterns around the crown. Any hybrid should be smaller than a Rainbow, which is the biggest Australian Lorikeet. Could it be a captive colour variety that has escaped?

John Leonard

On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 at 08:16, sandra henderson <> wrote:

photographed this bird in a small tree (Wanniassa Hills Primary carpark in Billson Pl) with rainbow and musk lorikeets this morning. very odd colour pattern

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