The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA has a wonderful exhibit called the Lorikeet Forest. I could have spent the entire day looking at these beautiful birds! This is an excerpt from the Aquarium guidebook... Measuring approximately 10 inches in length, lorikeets exhibit a dazzling color combination, ranging from brilliant blues and greens to exquisite reds, yellows, and deep purples. The Rainbow Lorikeet is commonly found all down the east coast of Australia, from Tasmania to Northern Queensland. (You can click on the photo to view a larger image.)
Here's a Red Lorikeet... the Red Lorikeets were just as friendly as their Rainbow cousins...
The Rainbow Lorikeet is very colourful as its name suggests. Almost every color of the rainbow is found on the feathers of the rainbow lorikeet. They are not large birds, with a Rainbow Lorikeets height ranging from 25-30 cm (9.8-11.8 in) in size, and with a wingspan of about 17 cm (6.7 in).
These birds have wonderful personalities and were very happy to pose for me.
According to Animal-World... They are very playful birds. They love to play with people, toys, and whatever else they can get their "beaks" onto! Lorikeets like to be very active and love to perform lots of antics, from just showing off in general to swinging upside down on bars, perches and swings.
I hope you enjoyed visiting the Lorikeets with me. To visit more wonderful critters click here to go to the Camera Critters webpage!
31 comments:
WOW! Beautiful birds! Those colors are so VIVID!
Oh my! those are just beautiful and colorful birds!Mine is HERE if you have a time! Thanks! Happy CC!
What beautiful birds these are! I would love to see them in person.
wow! fabulous colors, a perfect combination of blue, green, red yellow and purple...
WOW! They are beautiful. I think I would spend the day there.
what pretty birds!!
These are magnificent
Wow - Gorgeous!!! Spectacular color!
OH MY GOSH!!! Those are some of the more beautiful... gorgeous birds I have ever seen!!! I wanna go there and see those! Absolutely gorgeous.
Wow! I love those birds. Lovely color!
For the Love of Pets
Most certainly enjoyed - lovely.
These birds are the perfect models! How colourful they are! This time I didn't see any parrots at all in Australia, apart from a white one. I heard them very well though.
I love lorikeets and mccaws too!
Wow This weeks most colourful critters that's great
Debbie: What great looking birds, so colorful.
Oh wow they are GORGEOUS!
I have never seen such colourful birds! Great critters shot.
They are some beautiful birds the colors are just amazing.
I love these photos of the parrot, such beautiful colors
Gorgeous birds! Most of the Critters I try to photograph are not interested in posing. Nice post.
Wow ! that would be birds for me ! they are so colorful !
so vibrant
How wonderful birds! Thank you for sharing with us these beautiful photos and precious information! Have a nice Sunday!
Great photo! Thanks for Sharing.
Stunning birds!! Thanks for sharing these they are so pretty :)
Cheers!
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The birds are beautiful! I enjoyed looking at them.
These are so very beautiful! Its hard to imagine a bird so beautiful, like a rainbow!
Beutiful birds, and such amazing colours!
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Would u look at those colors in those birds. Nature has the best colors
Wonderfully beautiful and fascinating birds. I'd love to have one in my home, but I'm sure my blue parakeet would not be happy.
Very colorful birds. When I was assigned to Honduras, I made friends with a semi-tame Red Macaw which often visited the base near Comayagua. He was rather colorful himself. Beautiful shots.
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