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The orange-billed lorikeet is a species in the Old World parrot family Psittaculidae. First described by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert in 1896, it is endemic to New Guinea, where it mainly inhabits cloud forest, forest edges, and cleared areas bordering forests at elevations of 2,100–3,800 m.

Similar species: Parrots
Species identified by Mehdh
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Uploaded Jan 12, 2024. Captured Aug 28, 2007 07:36 in VM69+V4 Tailarek, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 400mm