Saturday, August 3, 2013

Mysore Zoo - Rainbow Lorikeet

Mysore Zoo is the most popular zoo at Mysore in India. There are various wild animals and birds at the zoo. One among them is Rainbow Lorikeet.


The Rainbow Lorikeet is a medium-sized parrot. The head is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upperparts are deep green. The chest is red with blue-black barring. 

33 comments:

George said...

This is a very colorful bird. Thanks for the wonderful picture.

Jeevan said...

Great capture on the colorful bird!

The Mukhtiars said...

hey nice one

eileeninmd said...

A lovely bird, Rajesh!

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Such a color combination! Very nice photo!

Unknown said...

Great colours!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful bird!

Indrani said...

It seems to be curious about you.
Great shot!

Unknown said...

I love the colours of this beautiful bird.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

A great colourful bird

TexWisGirl said...

what a beauty!

Saru Singhal said...

What a beautiful bird. Looks like a sure place to visit in Mysore.

Debopam said...

Nice shot........


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Hootin Anni said...

So very aptly named...and very pretty.

Anonymous said...

Fantastic capture!

Annemor said...

What a bird.
Never seen one like this before.
Have a nice day.
Mormor

http://www.starbear.no/mormor/2013/08/06/orange-and-blues/

Unknown said...

Very nice photos. I like post.

Karen said...

A beauty!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

He's watching you watching him! Such beautiful colors.

Gordon said...

Its always interesting to come across a new bird, and even better when they are as colourful as that.
All the best Gordon.

Arija said...

Your rainbow lorikeet is quite differently coloured to ours where the colours fairly glow.

Rajesh said...

Thank you all.

Carole M. said...

this one I see close by in the wild. My previous blog post featured the rainbow lorikeet also

Irma said...

Beautiful picture of the rainbow lorikeet.

Greetings Irma

Mary Howell Cromer said...

What a colourful bird...very nice!

Faye said...

The Wild Bird Wed. meme is such a great way to see so many birds that are truly exotic to each of our regions. You remind me to make time to go to our local zoo wild bird avairy to see what's new. This bird is a pleasure to study.

TheChieftess said...

What a great capture!!! Such beautiful coloring!!!

A Homemaker's Utopia said...

Beautiful colours..:)

Kalpana said...

Gorgeous colours. How did you manage to take his pic?

Abhijit Ray said...

A riot of colors. Beautiful!

AmitAag said...

Great colors! Nicely captured!!

Unknown said...

Wow..... Lovely bird

Unknown said...

What a lovely colourful bird. Nice shot :)