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New lorikeets at Dudley Zoo

These colourful additions have joined Lorikeet Lookout at Dudley Zoo.

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Amongst the 25 birds in the walkthrough exhibit, visitors can now spot a black capped lory and a green naped lorikeet, who both look slightly different to the rainbow lorikeets.

The black capped lory settling into its new home at Dudley Zoo

The zoo's Nicola Wright said: "Lorikeet Lookout has been a really popular exhibit since we unveiled it six months ago and since then we've steadily increased the numbers of birds in there.

"It's great to have a different species with the black capped lory and a sub-species in the case of the green naped lorikeet and see the differences between them."

The black capped lory is distinguishable by its red head with the black cap markings, while the green naped lorikeet has different colouring patterns on its front to the other birds which now call Dudley home.

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