DSC_1783 Swainsons lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus) the 'rainbow lorikeet' has about 20 subspecies in some classifications; although, several of these are sometimes split off to form up to four additional species. Rainbow lories harvest all of the pollen and/or nectar that they required to meet their daily nutritional needs in two or three hours. They fill the ecological niche of flower pollinator that bats and bees fill in other habitats, and indeed lories are primary pollinators on many of the small islands they inhabit. Gold Coast, Queensland *
DSC_2673 Little lorikeet (Glossopscitta pusilla) a common nomad in sclerophyll forests in eastern and south eastern Australia. Atherton Tablelands *
DSC_2522 Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical moist lowland forests. Kuranda National Park, Queensland *
