lorikeet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lorikeet
First recorded in 1765–75; lory + (para)keet
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Mitchell's lorikeet was once found on the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, the zoo said.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
He hopes all the information being gathered by the lorikeet and bat paralysis investigative teams will eventually start to coalesce and that the culprit will soon be found.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2023
At 30 centimeters tall and 100 grams, the rainbow lorikeet towers over most nectarivorous birds and is utterly incapable of hovering in midair like a hummingbird.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
Some birds – the painted bunting in Texas, Gould’s sunbird in South Asia, the rainbow lorikeet in Australia – are gaudier than any flower.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2018
This lorikeet was rare at all of our collecting localities.
From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Max C. Thompson
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