The Edwards Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus is a large
lorikeet (32 to 35cm in length including a long tapering tail).
It is a sub species of the Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus.
It has an orange/red beak, blue head, yellow
chest, green/yellow lower front body, green back and wings, red under
the wings, and has a yellow band (collar) on the nape of its neck.
Eyes are bright orange. It has a gentle voice.
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3 January 2002
New images nearly 18 months after buying the Edwards lorikeets. They now look
quite different and have grown physically bigger, have red beaks and coloured
eyes. What we thought were 9 month old birds when we purchased them now appear
to have been 3 to 5 months old as the now appear to be coming up to two years
of age.
These birds are now extremely human friendly and just love attention. They have
a very distictive shrill sound and accompany this with wing whirring when they
get excited - which is anytine a human comes near.
They are now sharing a quite large 6metre long aviary with an olive rainbow
and its mate a quite feather plucked green scaley.
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