An Australian bird, called the rainbow lorikeet, routinely gets drunk from spring to summer. The small birds drink the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree. When intoxicated these birds make loud drunken noises which many people find bothersome.

Can lorikeets get drunk?

Red-collared lorikeets (aka rainbow lorikeets) have been found stumbling around, falling off their perches and showing signs similar to human drunkenness. Lisa Hansen, a veterinary surgeon at the Ark Animal hospital told the London Times, “They act quite like a drunken person would.

What tree makes lorikeets drunk?

But many of the lorikeets brought to the hospital aren't just mildly drunk – they're completely sloshed, and sometimes for days at a time. The most probable culprit is the Schotia brachypetala, a southern African native, commonly known as the drunken parrot tree.