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Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus

Butterfly World, March 2011


A tourist attraction in Florida. Expensive ($20 per person admission), but with a good lens it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
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butterfly world A female Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion)
butterfly world White Morpho, Morpho polyphemus
butterfly world A large tropical swallowtail butterfly.
butterfly world A Prepona, not sure what species.
butterfly world Same butterfly, with wings half-closed.
butterfly world Another Cairns Birdwing.
butterfly world Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe)
butterfly world Another Cairns Birdwing
butterfly world Another Cairns Birdwing
butterfly world This one is male.
butterfly world This hummingbird had an irridescent purple throat, not sure of the species.
butterfly world This is a Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
butterfly world I think this one is a Heliconius.
butterfly world A hummingbird with a coppery throat (when in direct light).
butterfly world Another photo of the Giant Hummingbird.
butterfly world Owl Finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii
butterfly world Red-and Green Macaw, Ara chloropterus
butterfly world Another view of the Macaw.
butterfly world I haven't identified this one yet, email me if you know.
butterfly world Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
butterfly world This is also a gouldian finch - their color can vary dramatically.
butterfly world Preening gouldian finch.
butterfly world Another gouldian finch.
butterfly world Gouldian finch preening.
butterfly world Three-colored parrot finch (Erythrura tricolor)
butterfly world Yet another color variation in a Gouldian finch.
butterfly world Spice finch a.k.a. spotted munia, Lonchura punctulata.
butterfly world Another three-colored parrot-finch.
butterfly world Black-faced color variation of Gouldian finch (pale breast means this one is female)
butterfly world Three-colored parrot-finch.
butterfly world Three-colored parrot-finch at feeder.
butterfly world Shaft-tail finch, Poephila acuticauda.
butterfly world Another Gouldian finch.
butterfly world Unidentified blue bird.
butterfly world Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
butterfly world Three-colored parrot finch in birdbath.
butterfly world Honeycreeper again.
butterfly world Honeycreeper again.
butterfly world Gouldian finch.
butterfly world Another macaw.
butterfly world Extreme macaw close-up
butterfly world A different macaw - note eye color and feathers on face.
butterfly world Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus)
butterfly world Rainbow lorikeets
butterfly world Rainbow lorikeets
butterfly world Rainbow lorikeets
butterfly world Rainbow lorikeet.
butterfly world Passion flower (something in genus Passiflora)
butterfly world Passion flower
butterfly world Passion flower
butterfly world Passion flower
butterfly world Passion flower
butterfly world Passion flower
butterfly world Shaft-tail finch (Poephila acuticauda, "Isabel" color variation)
butterfly world Unidentified finch