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Blue-Crowned Lory at the London Zoo

Topic Categories: London, England
Posted on: September 5, 2008 4:45 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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The Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Vini australis, is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago. This individual was photographed in the Blackburn Pavilion, a large indoor tropical aviary at the London Zoo in England.

Image: GrrlScientist 3 September 2008 [larger view].

I wanted to share this image of an adult blue-crowned lory that I photographed at the London Zoo a couple days ago. More zoo bird images are coming as soon as I have a stable wifi connection.

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