rainbow lorikeet

noun

1. a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus , with brightly-coloured plumage

Example Sentences

An injured rainbow lorikeet squawked in its cage.

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With climate change causing more extreme weather events and intensely hot summers, the need to find what’s paralyzing the iconic rainbow lorikeet—and potentially other species—is of urgent concern.

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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.

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A similar bird-popularity contest in Australia was rocked last year when its sponsor, The Guardian newspaper, detected automated voting for the rainbow lorikeet, the cockatoo and the black-throated finch, the eventual winner.

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Thousands of votes were added in minutes for the cockatoo – all automated and from the same origin – with other votes added to the finch and the rainbow lorikeet in an attempt to disguise the ruse.

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