### animal | vertebrate | bird | parrot:

Kea
* also feed on fruit and leaves, and scavenge on trash heaps.
* are generalist feeders consuming everything from nectar and plant buds to insects and carrion
  - intelligent, social, highly inquisitive birds
  - large alpine parrots that live a life of mischief
  - warm blooded animals
* eat flesh and bone marrow from carcasses.
* have a clutch of two to four eggs, and incubate the eggs for three to four weeks.

Large parrot
* Most large parrots have origins
  - live for years
  - share many features
* share features

### animal | vertebrate | bird | parrot:

Lorikeet
* All lorikeets are brightly coloured, but the rainbow lorikeet is one of the brightest and least shy.
* Most lorikeets are cavity nesters
  - green with patches of red and yellow
* Most lorikeets feed on mangos
  - pollen
* Most lorikeets get feathers
  - rainbow color feathers
  - have diets
* Most lorikeets have large breast muscles
* Most lorikeets have long tails
  - taper tails
  - thin tails
  - special diets
  - tongues
  - live in areas
  - raise babies
* Most lorikeets reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - use tongues
* Some lorikeets eat seeds
  - get nectar
  - have ranges
  - occur in savannahs
  - seek insects
* are birds
  - brightly colored parrots
  - intelligent and can be trained, some even talk
  - lories
  - more slender, with longer, tapering tails
  - native birds found in coastal areas around Australia
  - naturally nectar feeders
  - normally birds that favour a diet of seeds
  - parrots that live on nectar and fruits
  - small, rainbow colored birds
  - strong fliers
* belong to the parrot family which includes cockatoos, budgerigars and rosellas.
* can also be quite stubborn and sometimes aggressive towards other birds.
* eat a variety of flowers, nectar, pollen, fruits, and insects.
* fly very swiftly, in a direct path.
  - food
* have a sharp, curved beak adapted for easily tearing fruits and flowers.
* have a very large range in the wild of over two million square miles
  - simple digestive system
  - many courtship dances
  - tongues that look like little brushes for feeding on nectar
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* love to fly and can become overweight if denied the opportunity.
* obtain food.
* tend to be be hyperactive and clownish in personality both in captivity and in the wild
  - smaller, with longer, pointed tails
* travel in small, swift flocks which attract attention with their piercing calls.
* typically breed with the same mate for life or long periods of time.
* wheel acrobatically as they come in to land at dusk.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | parrot | lorikeet:

Rainbow lorikeet
* Most rainbow lorikeets feed on nectar
  - pollen
* Most rainbow lorikeets get feathers
* Most rainbow lorikeets have large breast muscles
* Most rainbow lorikeets reach maturity
* Some rainbow lorikeets have ranges
* are as tough as they're brightly colored
  - brightly coloured birds which are native to Australia
  - monogamous and pair for life
* can live in creeks.
  - food
  - rainbow color feathers
* have diets.
* live in a variety of habitats.
* look very similar to the more common eastern rosella.