We found this little rainbow lorikeet on the side of the road, though it does not look like he was hit by a car. Magpies and minor birds were attacking it when we found him.
He can't fly but I'm not sure if he has a broken wing or not because his wings are not drooping. 
We are going to keep him for now and see how he progresses, we have been feeding him a special nectar powder specially made for lorikeets and fresh fruits. He eats a lot xD
He is pretty tame for a wild bird. He doesn't freak out when you go near the cage or put your hand in to give him food/water.

Well he is not completely tame he does try and bite when you pick him up
He is still a young adult bird though as his beak isn't completely orange yet.
I might put some posters up around the area where we found him though just in case it is someones pet though.
Hopefully we can let him go if he can fly again, but if not I will happily keep him

Yeah its just hard to determine if he is a wild bird or not :/ Because his not heaps tame but he seems very content in a cage and around people.
I live in Newcastle, NSW

He is a pretty fellow He is very lucky, he would be dead by now D:

Hi Abbie, so lovely you saved him, the Magpies sure would have pecked him to death.

We've got them coming into our backyard also the Pale Headed Rosellas, they are two pairs. The Lorikeets I call Lori and Keet and the Rosellas I call Oscar and Lisa.
We buy those wild bird munchies and I also feed Harmony. This is this nectar powder to be mixed with some water until it is licke a thick cream.

Oh my goodness! What a real stunner you've got there. How wonderful you helped this pretty birdie. They are so sweet the ones in the pet shops nearby. They sell for approx. 550 to 800 dollars here each. Such gentle intelligent creatures I love love LOVE them! Karma for your kind heart ♥ Have you ever seen Lories that are black and orange where you live?

Make sure you keep us updated about how this little birdie is Abbie

Those rainbow lorikets are tough, the other morning I got woken u at 6am by cockatoos screeching, I looked out my window and we also leave the seed bells out for the birds occasionally. Well there was seriously about 20 cockatoos around this seed bell but the only ones eating it were the rainbow lorikeets  Hahaha! Anytime a cockatoo would try to grab a bite, the rainbow lorikeets would scare them off. Now for anyone that doesn't know cockatoos are big, bigger than my dog and they were scared of these two tiny birds

Haha yes, I don't see how people can have them as pets. My cockatiels are loud enough and they are like a tenth of the size

LOL, Abbie, this is a lovely post.
I believe Lori wil get tame in time to come, don't think you must do much about this, just speak to him, feed him, he'll be right

Yeah I figured it would be very difficult to tame him enough to sit on my shoulder/hand etc...But I was hoping to tame him enough so he is fine with me putting my hand in the cage and would come towards me when I go near the cage. And also enough so if we were to keep him in a cage inside we could let him out of the cage and he wouldn't be scared. Thats nice you still have a bond with your cockatiel in a different way 11 years is pretty old! I've always wanted a cockatiel, how long do they live for on average?

How interesting to read about all this! I haven't ever had experience with birds before Karma to both of you!

I would love, love, love to have a bird some day The problem is again about space... and I'm worried about the noise they'd make A friend of mine had those little zebra birds with red beaks, and they were screaming all nights, so she ended up giving them away.

This is an awesome thread ladies   as you may or may not know - I am completely crazy about birds   As for training this marvelous beauty you've opened your heart to Abbie, when you put your hand into the cage to clean or feed always present the back of it. Birds who are not accustomed to people see open hands as a threat and you don't know if the previous owner was rough with it so there could be the simple fear of being grabbed that is causing the biting. If he goes to take a nip at you, try not to pull your hand away suddenly as he will learn that he has control over you by threatening with an open beak! Instead make a tight fist only exposing the back of your hand and he will not have much to grab hold of should he attempt to nip you. I've had several hand me down birds, each with their own issues. One of my Cockatiels (Daizy) I've had since he was 10 months old. He may have been hand reared but by the time I brought him home, he was terrified of people. It took exactly 1 year and a day for him to "step up" on my offered finger. And I did that every single day. Now he is 14 and has been the most darling boy all of these years. He got married lmfao (f stands for feathered!) in 2000 to his beautiful white Cockatiel wife Lily who was a found bird too. To think I was able to capture her on my 11th floor balcony with nothing more than a pair of tall floor lamps (laid on their side to point the light directly out the sliding glass doors to act as landing lights!) as it was sunset and getting dark out) Within a few months she mated with Daizy and they had babies which I raised and hand fed. I still have them ♥ They are 10 now!

The main thing is to be patient and talk, sing, tell stories to in different tones of voice to him and even dance to music around him. He will come to see you as a fabulous flock member Finding out what favorite foods he likes and using some as a treat will also be of great use as Andrea already mentioned. I have no doubt that you will have great success with this amazing animal. Time is your companion for now until that day he steps up on your hand and traps your heart forever with his smiling eyes ♥

P.S. is his flight feathers trimmed?

Very good point Andrea! Also a vet will most likely be able to tell if he is indeed wild or someone's pet. Just got through a song and dance with the 'chickens' (that's what I call my 5 Cockies LOL) they love a good dinner and show on the menu lately has been lots of xmas songs and great honking sprays of delicious millet mmm...mmm...good!

Holy Christmas 120 grams!   Yes I have them on a combo of staple vitamin enriched seed and Tropican and Zupreem fruit flavored pellets which they love. My best childhood buddy fed her Grey male Cockatiel nothing but seeds along with Royal Gala apples his entire life and he lived 22 years! So who knows about the pellets but they don't taste too bad ( he he I always try their grub to make sure it's not crap!)

*sorry Abbie don't mean to highjack your thread