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Lorikeets are usually in flocks. Almost continuous chattering. Active day & night.
  
Length about 30 cm, weight about 125 grams

Two eggs are laid,usually in tree holes and incubation by the hen takes 24 days. 
The babies fledge at around 56 to 60 days, and the young become independent after a 
further 14 days.

The Lorikeets form a unique group of generally very colourful parrots with several 
distinctive characteristics. 
The principal difference from other groups of Parrots is their adaptation to a pollen, 
nectar and fruit diet. This has led to the development of a brush-like structure at 
the tip of their tongue, a long, slender bill to assist probing into flowers and 
enabling them to give a very painful bite,