Blue-crowned Lorikeet
Vini australis
Malololelei Reserve, Upolu Island, Samoa - October 28 2018
A Blue-crowned Lorikeet foraging in a Coral Tree. Tiny and handsome near-endemic parrot mostly seen as the fly by swiftly. But a flowering Coral Tree makes all the difference. This species is a member of the Vini genus with five members only on islands in the south Pacific.