LORIKEETS are a group of parrots that have evolved to feed almost exclusively on nectar and pollen from native plants such as eucalypts, banksias and grevilleas.
They do occasionally consume fruit, insect resources such as lerp, and other plant resources such as manna and honeydew.
Of the four species found in north-east Victoria, the Purple-crowned is perhaps the rarest as they occur here at the ...
