The Ornate Lorikeet has a dark violet-blue head, a red-orange face, and a green body. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands and feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit.
The crown and cheeks are dark violet-blue, with a yellow crescent on the nape. The face and throat are red-orange, the upperparts are green, and the breast has red and violet bars whose extent varies.
It usually lives in pairs or small groups and feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit. Many birds may gather in flowering trees. It also uses swamp forest, forest edges, regrowth, farmland, and coconut plantations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.