Congratulations very colorful and gorgeous 
Crested Lorikeet
Baby Crested Lorikeet.
When I was buying some supplies I came across two baby Crested Lorikeets they were stunning. They sort of shimmer and the feathers on their chests are long not he best picture but here is one.
When I was buying some supplies I came across two baby Crested Lorikeets they were stunning. They sort of shimmer and the feathers on their chests are long not he best picture but here is one.
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Cathy unless that is a territory name for them in WA they are baby Scaly Breasted Lorikeets. I breed them and are the ones that Niamh was holding when I met her and Luke earlier this year that I posted pictures of. With that pair one was an Olive and the other a Normal.I am hand raising two at the moment and they are both Olives.
The only thing with those two is that the brown flecking on the abdomen is unusual unless they had not long had a bath and their feathers were still not dry in that area. Lorikeets do love to bath and will get themselves totally drenched when they do. But as they are pollen and nectar feeders in the wild they need to bath as they get very sticky with the food. Or they could be Hybrids but I can't figure out what the Scaly could be hybridized with to get that colouring.
The only thing with those two is that the brown flecking on the abdomen is unusual unless they had not long had a bath and their feathers were still not dry in that area. Lorikeets do love to bath and will get themselves totally drenched when they do. But as they are pollen and nectar feeders in the wild they need to bath as they get very sticky with the food. Or they could be Hybrids but I can't figure out what the Scaly could be hybridized with to get that colouring.
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in my experience breeding both species of lorikeets, if the father was scaley the offspring appear more scaley, if the father was rainbow they offspring appear more rainbow.
as below, this baby- Mother was a rainbow and father was a scaley.
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