In this study Rainbow Lorikeets were observed only infrequently. Of this bird damage, Starlings and Silver eyes were quoted as problems to Grape crops, with Crows and Currawongs also a particular worry to growers of table grapes. Of the parrot family, the Scaly Lorikeet, Rosellas, and Galahs gave problems, but Rainbow Lorikeets were not mentioned by growers as a problem. The range of Rainbow Lorikeet in Queensland most of the eastern side of the state down into New South Wales. No references could be found that interspecific competion between Rainbow Lorikeets and any other species for food or nest sites is anything other than normal.
Growers say a bad year happens about one year in ten.
Birds are more of a problem to lychees, which must be netted. That losses to Lychees could be quite traumatic without nets. That he had worked developing nets for Lychees for a number of years. That a big farm obtained an extra 90,000 kilos. That little netting was used by Mango growers.