Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
PSITTACIDAE
Genus
Parvipsitta
Species
pusilla
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Little Lorikeet
Alternate name
Is historical
False
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QLD
NSW
Vulnerable
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Moderately common in open forest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Uncommon
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Favours dry, open sclerophyll forests and woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus. Widespread east of the Great Divide. Nomadic species dependent on flowering trees for food
Known location
Pimpama, Carbrook, Jacobs Well, Numinbah Valley, Coomera, Pine Ridge CP, Lamington NP, Guanaba, Pimp
Other locality
Moderately common in open forest and woodland, sometimes visiting farms and gardens to feed at flowering eucalypts.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
True
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Open forest, woodland, farmland, parks, gardens.
Specific ecology
Flowering eucalypts.
Habitat
Habitat comment
Shyer and less numerous than the other lorikeets.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
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Diet
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