The crown, lores and throat are red, the nape and shoulder bronze-coloured and the remainder of the plumage green.

[3]: 119  Immature individuals have a paler orange face and a brown iris and bill.

[6] The little lorikeet is found in eastern and southern Australia, from the vicinity of Cairns southwards through Queensland and New South Wales from the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range eastwards to the coast, through most of Victoria and southeastern South Australia.

[8] Little lorikeets feed mostly on nectar and pollen of flowers in the open canopy of woodland trees like Eucalyptus, Angophora and Melaleuca species.

The nest is a hollow in a tree and a clutch of 3–5 matte white roundish eggs, measuring 20 x 16 mm, is laid.

[4]: 33 The Little Lorikeet has a wide distribution in Eastern Australia, however, a decline in abundance has been recognised in two Australian States.