the scaly-breasted lorikeet is a medium-sized parrot native to woodlands in australia. they are named for their chest patterning; yellow feathers edged with green, which appear similar to scales. like other lorikeets, they feed mainly on nectar using their specialized tongues, along with pollen, blossoms, buds, fruit, and insects. they live in flocks, sometimes mixing with other lorikeets, and build nests in tree cavities.
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Todays bird is: blue and gold macaw
todays birds are: these budgies!
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todays bird is: beanie baby (bean or baby for short) the albino fischer’s lovebird!
the kakapo (strigops habroptila) is the world’s only flightless parrot. the kakapo is nocturnal and is native only to small islands off of new zealand. kakapo, as of 2018, are critically endangered. kakapo are vulnerable to introduced predators, and their slow breeding cycles make recovering from population drops difficult.
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Today’s bird is: Merlin the greenwing macaw!
yeah! note – these are mostly (if not all) escaped budgies or offspring of escaped budgies that interbred with wild flocks. with some populations, the offspring return to being just ‘wild’ colored within only a few generations, but in some places, there’s domestic-colored budgies years later!
the barred parakeet, also known as the lineolated parakeet, is a small species of parrot native to mexico and south america. they are named for their feathers, which have black barred patterning. the barred parakeet lives in flocks of six to fifty birds and feeds mainly on fruit, seeds, and insect larvae.
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Today’s bird is: Sammy the blue and gold macaw!
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