Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 7-1

Flora/Fauna -- Cape York Peninsula Rainbow Lorikeet feeding on Cauliflorus fig (Ficus hispida?) Near Coen, Queensland 1954 Larger image (79K)

The small seeds of figs are effectively spread over wide areas of Australia's tropics through many wide-ranging bird species.
Semi deciduous mesophyll vine forest.
Reference:
Webb, L.J. and Tracey, J.G. (1994). "The rainforests of Northern Australia", in Australian Vegetation, ed. by R.H. Groves. Cambridge University Press. See Bibliography for papers by Kikkawa et al.
Photo courtesy of J.L.H. Wassell.
Addition by David Wassell (October 2005): "These four Rainbow Lorikeets were pets. They were caged during the night, but were allowed to fly free during the day. In Image 7-1, the bird is feeding on the wild fig tree growing beside the generator shed behind the Coen Hotel".

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