These birds pop up opportunistically all around Adelaide, it depends on
what's flowering at any one time. I've had them in my garden in Vista from
time to time.
Tony ( R, not K)
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From:
On Behalf Of Gary Wright
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 8:21 PM
To: Tony Keene
Cc: birding aus
Subject: Little Lorikeets in Adelaide?
Hi Tony
If you wanted to get the lifer(purple crowned lorikeet) in Adelaide, I saw
my first one at Holden Hill approx 20 years ago. Don't know if they are
still around there or not.
Gary
On 8 February 2012 19:31, Tony Keene <> wrote:
> Walking to work with my wife this morning and we had two very small
> lorikeets fly past, green all over apart from the face, which was dull
red,
> extending all round the beak. The underwing had no trace of red, so I'm
> sure it wasn't Purple-crowned (which would have been a nice lifer). The
> size, wing motion, short pointed tail, call and colouring were spot on for
> a Little Lorikeet, but I can't seem to find any records in Adelaide (or
> even SA) on Birdline SA. I found a paper from 2006 that states that they
> are uncommon Autumn/Winter visitors to the area, so what are the odds? The
> parkland is heaving with lorikeets at the moment, even more so since it
got
> colder over the last couple of weeks.
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
>
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