Australian Rainbow Lorikeet | Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Conservation Status Secure
Distribution Coastal regions across Northern and Eastern Australia
Life Span Approx 20 years
Gestation Rainbow lorikeet eggs take 22–25 days to hatch.

Meet Lori

Meet the Rainbow Lorikeets - nature's most colourful party birds! These bright and cheeky parrots swoop in daily to say hello, and you might become their dinner table as they perch on your head and arms to enjoy their treats, continuing a unique tradition that started over 75 years ago by Sanctuary’s founder, Alex Griffiths. Learn more about our history here.

Apart from the iconic Rainbow Lorikeet, you can also find the Little Lorikeet and Musk Lorikeet at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. They live in the Conservation Aviary, which you can visit anytime during the day.

Four colorful rainbow lorikeets perch and drink water in front of a bronze statue of a man in an outdoor, leafy setting.

Fun Fact

When Rainbow Lorikeets stick out their tongues, it looks like they're using a tiny paintbrush to lick up their food.

A green parrot with red markings on its head and face, and yellow patches on its wings, perched on a branch with a blurred natural background.

See Lorikeets

Map Locations

G16 & Q6

Best time to see me

8am and 4pm during Lorikeet Feeding

Get Up Close

A woman holds dishes while colorful parrots perch and eat from them outdoors, with other people and more parrots nearby.

Lorikeet Feeding

Australia's Most Colourful Birds!

Every day at 8am and 4pm, you can enjoy the experience of feeding wild Lorikeets.

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Jingeri – Hello

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

Lorikeets