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Trichoglossus flavoviridis

Photo by martinuk
Location: Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia

[edit] Identification

20cm. Green, olive/yellow forehead and crown, brown collar, yellow throat and breast to abdomen, with dark green scalloping, yellow/green flanks to undertail coverts, yellow/green underwing coverts, orange/yellow bill, lores and eye-ring bare and pink/orange, eye orange/yellow.

[edit] Distribution

Found on Sulawesi and the Sulu Islands in Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

• T.f. flavoviridis on Sulu Islands
• T.f. meyeri on Sulawesi

[edit] Habitat

Montane forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes pollen and nectar.

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