Template:Did you know nominations/Orange-billed lorikeet
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 15:11, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
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Orange-billed lorikeet
- ... that young orange-billed lorikeets are actually yellow-billed? Source: Bell, H. L. (January 1984). "New or confirmatory information on some species of New Guinean birds". Australian Bird Watcher. 10 (7): 219–220.
Created by AryKun (talk). Self-nominated at 10:23, 10 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Orange-billed lorikeet; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Interesting article. The stated hook is mentioned is cited in the article and considering the article is GA, I would say it is good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 08:11, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Toadboy123 and AryKun: The hook may be interesting but I cannot confirm it from the article here. According to our article they are orange-billed. Bruxton (talk) 21:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- Bruxton, as stated in the article, "Fledglings have yellow beaks, which turn orange at around 6 months of age.", which is why the hook says "young". Don't see an issue with this at all. AryKun (talk) 08:56, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @AryKun: Thanks for the clarification. I found this line in our article;
Fledglings have yellow beaks, which turn orange at around 6 months of age.
. On page 220 the source: New or Confirmatory Information on Some Species of New Guinean Birds states
This may be enough to state that young lorikeets have yellow bills: I was initially not sure if the observation was anecdotal. Bruxton (talk) 15:05, 7 December 2023 (UTC)The Orange-billed Lorikeet was very tame, and free-flying in the house. It often gave what was presumably a display, by bobbing its head about fifteen times. The bird was acquired as a fledgling. Its beak was then yellow and turned orange after about six months. This may explain some of the misidentifications of these two species, which in the field are virtually only distinguishable by their calls and the colour of their beaks.
- @AryKun: Thanks for the clarification. I found this line in our article;
- Bruxton, as stated in the article, "Fledglings have yellow beaks, which turn orange at around 6 months of age.", which is why the hook says "young". Don't see an issue with this at all. AryKun (talk) 08:56, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Toadboy123 and AryKun: The hook may be interesting but I cannot confirm it from the article here. According to our article they are orange-billed. Bruxton (talk) 21:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)