Three exotic birds from warmer homelands were brought to Novosibirsk Zoo

Three exotic birds from warmer homelands were brought to Novosibirsk Zoo

A steel starling and two multicolored lorikettes became residents of our zoo, according to information nsktv.
A steel starling is common in East and Central Africa. Birds keep flocks in shrub thickets, often in the vicinity of farms. A multicolored Loriket is a bird of the parrot family. Head – bluish-lilac color, the front part of the neck and abdomen – dark blue, cervical band – yellow. The breast is red, the sides are orange, the wings, the back and the upper part of the tail are dark green, the podhvoste and the lower part of the tail are greenish-yellow. Inhabitants of New Guinea, in northern and eastern Australia, inhabit high-altitude tropical forests. With housewarming, feathered!