Scientific name: Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Order: Psittaciformes

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The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is an Australian lorikeet found in woodland in eastern Australia. It is common in most timbered areas of Eastern Australia from Bamaga, the tip of North Queensland, south to Illawarra district on the New South Wales south coast; also on some offshore islands.They favor open, lightly-timbered areas and melaleuca thickets.

Scaly-breasted lorikeets have similar habits to the related Rainbow Lorikeet, and the two species often group together in mixed flocks. Both species feed mainly on nectar, such as that from the Broad-leaved Paperbark and pollen, but they also eat blossoms, berries, other fruit, icecream, seeds, and insects and their larvae. They are very fond of cultivated fruits and o