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Description: Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus moluccanus at Perry Lakes Western Australia. Though a protected bird on the East Coast of Australia the Rainbow Lorikeet in WA the bird is classed as a pest, it is subject to a major cull in an attempt to drastically reduce/eradicate their numbers. The rainbow lorikeet was accidentally release by ground staff at the University of Western Australia during the 1960s and has spread across the metropolitan area of Perth and as far inland as York-Beverley area displacing the native species of Australian ringneck.
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