Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori name of kākāriki, [3] is a small parrot from New Zealand. It is characterised by its bright green plumage and the red pattern on its head.
The three species on mainland New Zealand are the yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), the red-crowned parakeet, or red-fronted parakeet (C. novaezelandiae), and the critically endangered Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet (C. malherbi – not to be confused with Eupsittula canicularis a popular aviary bird known as the ...
The parakeet is found in the Kermadec group, which lies about 1000 km NNE of New Zealand's North Island, and 900 km SSW of Tongas 'Ata Island. However, it was eradicated from the principal island in the group, 30 km 2 Raoul, in the early 19th century, with the last records of breeding there in 1836, as a consequence of the introduction by humans of goats, cats, and both brown and Polynesian rats.
Yellow-crowned parakeet near Lake Matheson, New Zealand. Yellow-crowned parakeets are 23 cm long and primarily bright green. They have a red band fronting their eponymous golden crown. Their wings, when spread in flight, are bluish purple. Their eyes are either orange or red and their bill is grey. The males of this species are larger than the ...
The mainland species are the kea (Nestor notabilis), the New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis), the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), and three species of kākāriki: the yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), the red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) and the orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi).
This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is ... Antipodes parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor: B: Red-crowned parakeet
Antipodes parakeet. Cyanoramphus unicolor (Lear, 1831) Antipodes Islands, New Zealand Size: Habitat: Diet: VU Yellow-crowned parakeet. Cyanoramphus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) New Zealand Size: Habitat: Diet: NT Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857: New Zealand [8] [9] Size: Habitat: Diet: CR Red-crowned ...
The Chatham Islands parakeet (Cyanoramphus forbesi), also known as Forbes' parakeet, is a rare parakeet endemic to the Chatham Islands group, New Zealand.This parakeet is one of New Zealand's rarest birds and is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as a result of a range of threats to the species survival, including habitat loss, predation, and hybridization.