Blue-crowned Lorikeet
Vini australis
Family: Old World parrots
Blue-crowned Lorikeet is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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It eats nectar, pollen and soft fruits, especially wild hibiscus and coconut.
The blue-crowned lory nests in holes in trees, but may also dig burrows in earth banks.
It is a 19 centimetres (7.5 in) green lorikeet with a red throat, blue crown, and belly patch shading from red at the top to purple at the bottom.