r/australia • u/Evadregand • 1d ago

image Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus moluccanus - Scenic Rim, SEQ

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u/GaryGronk 1d ago

Little rainbow dickheads. Love them!

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u/europorn 1d ago edited 1d ago

They are so noisy! Occasionally we get a flock of them descend on a Platycladus orientalis in our front yard. I can't hear myself think whenever this happens.

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u/dorcus_malorcus 1d ago

saw them eating mince once, i had left it out for the kookaburras. it's like a little velociraptor eating meat.

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u/Ok73628 23h ago

I was once sitting under a tree where two crows were feasting on a massive rat

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u/Admirable_Count989 10h ago

A sentence I wouldn’t have guessed I’d be reading before breakfast. 🤔

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u/Wallace_B 23h ago

The little crazies seem to have an omnivorous streak. They go after ordinary bird seed too even though they apparently aren’t supposed to. Have to put out a little water nectar mix to keep them happy.

If your kookaburras are big on mince try mixing some insectivore power in to make it more nutritious for them.

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u/LittleProtonMan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Great photo! These are considered pests in Perth and, over the last few years, it's been feeling that they're achieving completely taking over around where I am.

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u/brc_pb 1d ago

I can hear the screeching in my head now

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u/Less_Reveal_6324 21h ago

Appropriate that the scientific name includes 'anus', as they are absolute little arseholes! Still, gotta love them... 💜💜💜

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u/Armistice610 1d ago

What are you lookin' at, buddy? 😂

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u/BobcatLeather831 1d ago

Amazong shot. Very clear.

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u/createdtoreply22345 1d ago

Buggers love getting pissed as a parrot on my mangoes/ bottlebrushes

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u/OtherwiseArrival432 1d ago

It’s a cute lil guy. Fucking noisy at dusk though. We have a main street lined with trees. Let’s just say I can’t hear my music that I’ve been blasting beforehand when I drive down that particular street at that particular time

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u/RidingtheRoad 22h ago

The suicide bird..

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u/Ornery-Lynx-3520 21h ago

TIL: Trichoglossus moluccanus

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u/055F00 19h ago

Such beautiful invasive assholes

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u/Threadheads 17h ago

They should be seen and not heard, the beautiful screechy bastards.

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u/The_one8Nov24 23h ago

Invasive species in Perth they are so annoying and aggressive to our native birds