It is mainly green, and its underside is yellow-green with dark green longitudinal streaks. It has a red plumage on crown, which is less extensive in the female. The back of its head is blue, its cheeks are mainly mauve and blue, its beak is black, and its irises are brown. Its legs are greenish-brown. In juveniles the red on the head is reduced to a small red patch above its beak. Juveniles have a brown beak, a green crown, and greyish-blue plumage on the back of head.

General Description

Name:	Goldies Lorikeet
Latin Name:	Psitteuteles goldiei
Life Span:
Length:	19 cm
Weight:	45 to 57g
Wingspan:
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Gender Difference:	DNA testing is required

Sub-Species

SUB-SPECIES PROPERTIES
LATIN NAME	DIFFERENCES
Psitteuteles versicolor	Mainly green with short yellow longitudinal streaks. The lores, forehead, and crown are red. The beak is red, the bare eye-rings are white, the lores are bare, and the irises are orange-yellow. The upper breast is mauve with longitudinal yellow streaks. The legs are bluish-grey. Females are duller and have less the red on the head.
Psitteuteles iris	Mostly green with pale-green transverse striations on its underside. The top of the head is red and there is a purple band from the eyes extending over the ears. The beak is red-orange, the iris is orange, and the legs are bluish-grey. The red on the head of the female is paler and less extensive. The extent and shade of the red and purple on the head varies between two or three subspecies
Psitteuteles goldiei	It is mainly green, and its underside is yellow-green with dark green longitudinal streaks. It has red plumage over the crown, which is less extensive in the female. The back of its head is blue, its cheeks are mainly mauve and blue, its beak is black, and its irises are brown. Its legs are greenish-brown.

Habitat

Status

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List and is listed on Appendix II of Cites.