Pale-headed Lorikeet

Trichoglossus haematodus caeruleiceps


 

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Pale-headed Lorikeet Pale-headed Lorikeet

The Pale-headed Lorikeet is a "Rainbow" lorikeet from New Guinea. It has a full bright blue head over black under-feathers, a greenish-yellow nape, orangey-red breast with some dark feather edges, black stomach and mottled green and yellow thighs. It is sometimes included with the related Dark-/Black- throated Lorikeet T. h. nigrogularis).
Pale-headed Lorikeets Pale-headed Lorikeets
Pale-headed Lorikeet Pale-headed Lorikeets
   
Other "Rainbow" Lorikeets:  
Rainbow Lorikeet Green-naped Lorikeet Deplanche's Lorikeet Red-collared Lorikeet Stresemann's Lorikeet Edward's Lorikeet
Rainbow (Swainson's) Green-naped Deplanche's Red-collared Stresemann's Edward's
           

There are many other sub-species, not all illustrated here
Rainbow Lorikeet comparison
  
Lory/Lorikeet index