Males and females appear similar. Lorikeets lay 2 oval white eggs in a tree hollow. Both parents feed the young, which learn to fly in 8 weeks. Rainbow lorikeets are birds of the tree tops, seldom coming to the ground. When feeding, the whole flock screeches noisily, but when resting in the middle of the day they twitter quietly amoung themselves.
Lorikeets are strong fliers.
They do not bathe in rain as some parrots do, but prefer to splash in pools. The birds are found in large numbers in the forest areas over a wide range of coast. This page has been visited times since 23rd Oct, 1996.