Australia is home to seven species of lorikeet, of which the rainbow lorikeet is the best known. Lorikeets are possibly Australia’s fruitiest coloured birds. Bright blue, orange, yellow and green in ...

Penguins, lorikeets and shore birds at the Aquarium of the Pacific have been moved inside in attempt to protect them from Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, which has been detected in ...

orange breast, purple stomach and a yellow lower belly. Determining gender is difficult because males and females share the same colors. Ten rainbow lorikeets are kept at the Campbelltown Forest ...

The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus ... featuring a mix of blue, orange, green, and yellow feathers. Native populations of the bird are healthy, though it has become a pest in parts ...

The birds puffed their red-orange chests and landed on outstretched arms of visitors holding shot glasses filled with tempting nectar. The 24 rainbow lorikeets, found in Australia and New Guinea ...

The normal feather colouring is blue on the head and belly, orange and yellow on the chest, and green elsewhere. One person said lorikeet breeders sometimes came across birds like this ...

In the past week, more than 200 paralysed rainbow lorikeets have been taken into care around Grafton, struck down by lorikeet paralysis syndrome (LPS), the cause of which is still unknown.

The rainbow lorikeet made a break from Colchester Zoo in Heckfordbridge, Essex, on Saturday at 01:00 GMT. It was last seen in the trees opposite the zoo's nature area and keepers cleared the scene ...