Colorful Lorikeets on a Post at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
The Lowry Park Zoo is a 56 acre zoo located in Tampa, Florida. It is noted for being one of the best mid-sized zoos in the United States. Re-opened at its current site in 1988, Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is today ranked the number one zoo in the (Parents magazine 2009 & Child magazine 2004) and recognized by the State of Florida as a center for Florida wildlife conservation and biodiversity Lorikeets are brightly colored birds and are hard to miss in the wild, next to the dark trees of their natural habitat. Their coloring ranges from a combination of bright blue, green, yellow, red and deep purple. Lorikeets are limited to only eating soft foods. Lorikeets have tiny hair-like appendages, known as papillae, on their tongues which help them consume food. They possess specially designed beaks that are pointy and narrow to extract seeds from hard to reach fruits.
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Location: Tampa Florida Fl US USA
Photo credit: © JHP Nature / Alamy / Afripics
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