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Musk Lorikeet close-up If you love nature but have never been to Australia - then start making plans. The nature is simply amazing and different from almost anywhere else on earth. Australia,Geotagged,Glossopsitta concinna,Musk Lorikeet,Spring,Victoria Click/tap to enlarge

Musk Lorikeet close-up

If you love nature but have never been to Australia - then start making plans. The nature is simply amazing and different from almost anywhere else on earth.

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The Musk Lorikeet

The Musk Lorikeet is a lorikeet, one of the three species of the Glossopsitta genus. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The Musk Lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as ''Psittacus concinnus'', from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now Sydney. John Latham described it as ''Psittacus australis''. Its specific epithet is the Latin ''concinna'' "elegant". Other common names include Red-eared Lorikeet, and Green Keet, and formerly a local.. more

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Uploaded Apr 14, 2017. Captured Oct 28, 2011 02:15 in 19 Water Wake Dr, Golden Beach VIC 3851, Australia.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.8
  • 1/202s
  • ISO160
  • 150.5mm