Purple-crowned Lorikeet

The Purple-crowned Lorikeet is a tiny, brilliantly coloured parrot native to southern Australia’s woodlands, mallee, and coastal scrub. About the length of a pencil, this lorikeet dazzles with its vivid purple crown, rainbow-hued face, and agile movements as it forages among flowering eucalypts. Despite its small size, it’s an important pollinator and a lively presence in the canopy, often moving in small, noisy flocks that follow the flowering of native trees.