Colourization Adult: Male- mainly bright red in colour; purple/black hindcrown to occiput; olive/green rump and upper tail coverts; wide yellow band across chest; thin yellow collar on mantle bordered above by purple/black line; dull mauve/black lower breast; underwing band dull yellow; red tail tipped with yellow. Bill orange. Eye yellow/orange. Female- as in male but with yellow patches on sides of rump. Colourization Juvenile: Breast band yellow and faint; yellow collar on mantle with dusky wash; red hindcrown to occiput washed with dusky black; black markings on feathers of head and underparts. Bill brown/black. Eye pale grey. Call: Calls made in flight are loud and high-pitched; high-pitched screek notes emitted while feeding. Calls are in general more squeaky than other lorikeets.
Near-threatened
Colourization Adult: Male- mainly bright red in colour; purple/black hindcrown to occiput; olive/green rump and upper tail coverts; wide yellow band across chest; thin yellow collar on mantle bordered above by purple/black line; dull mauve/black lower breast; underwing band dull yellow; red tail tipped with yellow. Bill orange. Eye yellow/orange. Female- as in male but with yellow patches on sides of rump. Colourization Juvenile: Breast band yellow and faint; yellow collar on mantle with dusky wash; red hindcrown to occiput washed with dusky black; black markings on feathers of head and underparts. Bill brown/black. Eye pale grey. Call: Calls made in flight are loud and high-pitched; high-pitched screek notes emitted while feeding. Calls are in general more squeaky than other lorikeets.
20 cm, 40-60 g.
Taxonomy:
- Charmosyna margarethæ Tristram, 1879, Makira Harbour, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- Solomon Is, including Bougainville.
Feeds on nectar and pollen.