Coconut Lorikeet

To:	"John Leonard" <>, "Birding-aus" <>
Subject:	Coconut Lorikeet
From:	"Mike Carter" <>
Date:	Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:20:06 +1000

Hi John, yes the birds in northern Torres Strait certainly look different.

From memory they have a shorter and therefore differently shaped tail, and

are much duller in colouration. Even the underlying pattern doesn't entirelysuggest Rainbow Lorikeet. Their call is obviously a typical Lorikeet screechbut how similar to Rainbow must be answered by someone with better hearingthan me. They are not as vociferous as Rainbow Lorikeets in Australia.I was leading the tour there in September 2002 when attendee Richard Baxterfirst saw this taxon. I logged the birds as Rainbow Lorikeets consideringthem to be the local subspecies (as indeed they were at that time) butRichard wasn't convinced. On 29 April 2003, Richard put a long post onBirding-Aus headed 'Mystery Boigu Island Lorikeets'. Read that posting inthe archives and you will appreciate how they look and behave differently.


Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136

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