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Management of Rainbow Lorikeets
This page provides information about management of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) to reduce the damage they often cause in southern Western Australia. It also documents the steps being taken to facilitate management of the lorikeet problem and what the public can do to help.
Unfortunately there is no simple solution or 'silver bullet' for control of lorikeets, particularly in the inner suburbs of Perth. As a landholder you may have to adjust to life with lorikeets by making changes to your immediate environment to reduce their impacts on you or to discourage them from visiting.
- Rainbow Lorikeet Working Group
- Publications and Letters to Landholders
- Media Releases
- Reporting Lorikeet Presence and Damage
- Map of Lorikeet Presence in the Perth Area
- Further Information
Rainbow Lorikeet Working Group and Strategy
In response to concern from community conservation groups and the general public, the Rainbow Lorikeet Working Group WA was established in February 2004. The working group consists of representatives from the Agriculture Protection Board, the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA), the Western Australian Museum, a former member of State parliament, the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, Birds Australia Western Australia, the Westralia Airports Corporation, the United Bird Societies of WA, City of Swan, Wine Industry Association and the Grape Growers Association.
The purpose of the Working Group is to formulate aims and objectives to manage the rainbow lorikeet population in south-west Western Australia.
The Working Group has prepared a Rainbow Lorikeet Management Strategy which details the long-term aims of the Working Group, short-term targets and progress over the last few years.
Publications and Letters to Landholders
- Status and impact of the Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus in south west Western Australia
- Pestnote 200 'Rainbow lorikeet'
- Pestnote 201 'Rainbow lorikeet management options'
- Rainbow Lorikeet Management in the Swan Valley, beginning December 2007
- Rainbow Lorikeets in the Avon Valley
- Bold, Beautiful, Destructive – lorikeet postcard
- Bold, Beautiful, Destructive – lorikeet poster
- November / Decembeer 2009 - Management of Rainbow lorikeets in Western Australia - a two year update (Australian Viticulture)
Media Releases
- November 2006 - Lorikeets pests in city too
- January 2007 - Control measures tighten for pest Lorikeets in Swan Valley
- March 2007 - Pest Lorikeets Studied at Perth Airport
- November 2007 - Department working to eradicate bird pest in Grass Valley
- November 2007 - Rainbow Lorikeet Alert Widens
- November 2007 - Take action to stop Lorikeet invasion
- February 2008 - Bird pest removed from Ravensthorpe
- October 2008 – Rainbow lorikeets found in Walpole
- April 2009 – Rainbow lorikeets in Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire
- June 2009 – Rainbow Lorikeets return to Swan Valley
- July 2009 – Reminder to safely control rainbow lorikeets
- December 2009 - Reminder to manage Rainbow lorikeets early
Legal Status of Lorikeets
Under legislation administered by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), rainbow lorikeets are the subject of an Acclimatised Fauna Notice, which recognizes that lorikeets are native birds living in the wild as a result of being released, escaping or being the offspring of released or escaped birds. The notice also states that lorikeets can be shot on private land in the south-west land division, without the need for a Damage Licence from DEC. The notice requires that no damage is to be caused to trees when shooting, and traps can only be used by persons licensed to do so under DEC legislation.
Under legislation administered by the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA), rainbow lorikeets are declared pests in Western Australia, in all areas south of the Kimberley including the Perth metropolitan area.
Reporting Lorikeet Presence and Damage
What fruit growers can do
In order to assist any local co-ordination of management activities, it is very important that you report lorikeets on your properties, when they are first seen and when they are damaging crops.
If you are planning to manage lorikeets, please be sensitive to your neighbours and their lifestyles and ensure you are aware of all relevant rules and regulations, particularly those relating to noise emissions by scaring devices and firearms, and legal use of firearms.
What members of the public can do
Please report lorikeets on your properties, when they are first seen, when they start to become a nuisance and any negative behaviour.
Even if you are not being directly affected by lorikeets, be supportive of local businesses in the area being adversely affected and be mindful of the responsibilities placed on all landholders to control the birds.
Making a report
This can be done by:
- telephoning the Department of Agriculture and Food's Pest and Disease Information Service on Freecall 1800 084 881;
- downloading the rainbow lorikeet sighting report form and faxing it to 9474 2405 or emailing it to info@agric.wa.gov.au ; or
- completing the reporting form online at http://spatial.agric.wa.gov.au/lorikeets
Map of Lorikeet Presence in the Perth Area
- View a map of lorikeet distribution between 1968 and 1998.
- View a map of lorikeet distribution in the Perth area at http://spatial.agric.wa.gov.au/lorikeets.
Compliments, complaints and feedback
Online Customer Feedback Form PDF version
Further Information
For additional publications on rainbow lorikeets, search for 'lorikeet' on this website.
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