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:

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

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  2. Great capture on the colorful bird!

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  3. A lovely bird, Rajesh!

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  4. Such a color combination! Very nice photo!

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

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  6. Anonymous04:35

    What a beautiful bird!

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  7. It seems to be curious about you.
    Great shot!

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  8. I love the colours of this beautiful bird.

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

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  10. Nice shot........


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  11. So very aptly named...and very pretty.

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  12. Anonymous19:06

    Fantastic capture!

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  13. 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/

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  14. Very nice photos. I like post.

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

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

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

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

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  19. Beautiful picture of the rainbow lorikeet.

    Greetings Irma

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  20. What a colourful bird...very nice!

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  21. 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.

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

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

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  24. A riot of colors. Beautiful!

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  25. Great colors! Nicely captured!!

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  26. Wow..... Lovely bird

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  27. What a lovely colourful bird. Nice shot :)

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