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Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

Elusive Indonesian parrot “lost” to science photographed for only the second time in 100 years

Blue-fronted lorikeet.

An elusive parrot species has been captured on camera (and exquisitely so, I might add) for only the second time since first being discovered over 100 years ago.

The blue-fronted lorikeet is a small endemic parrot found only on the island of Buru, Indonesia. It has lime-green plumage, an orange bill, a blue hindcrown and a pointed tail.

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