musk lorikeet | Miles To The Wild

Sadly our exciting birding adventure in Tasmania had come to an end. We had seen all the parrots which are found on the island, some seen up close and easily photographed. Others like the Blue-winged Parrots only flew overhead without warning or chance to grab a photo. Our flight was around noon so that gave one last chance to go birding. We left Customs House right after breakfast and drove out to the airport where I knew several parrots species would be easily seen. I had been hoping the elusive Blue-winged Parrots would come closer but they didn’t. This map shows the general area to look for birds.

We started at the patch between the Travelodge and the caravan park where we had seen Galahs and Eastern Rosellas before. They did not disappoint!

I wanted to see birds but not badly enough to pay a $5000 fine!

Musk Lorikeets were everywhere! And that concludes my birding report on Tasmania, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and are inspired to plan your own trip! If you want to find all the posts in this series, simply click here.

The Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) is a lorikeet, one of the three species of the Glossopsitta genus. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The musk lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now Sydney.

All the photos in this post were taken by me in Melbourne.

Musk lorikeets are found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. I have personally seen them at Woodlands Historic Park near the Melbourne International Airport, near Cambridge Airport in Hobart and several places in South-east Queensland. Airline miles can get you to any of these places in Australia. They are easily recognized by the red-streak across their face covering their eyes. I called it “war paint”!