Red-crowned/Red-fronted Kakariki/Parakeet

Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae


 

Red-crowned Kakariki Red-crowned Kakariki

The Red-crowned Parakeet, sometimes called the Red-fronted Parakeet or by its Maori name Kakariki, comes from New Zealand. It used to be abundant but is now extinct on the mainland (North & South Islands) and confined to offshore islands, including Stewart Island in the south. The decline is mainly due to introduced predators.

(There is also another species of "Red-crowned Parakeet", Pyrrhura roseifrons, from South America.)
Red-crowned Kakariki  Red-crowned Kakariki

In the wild above; captive below
Red-crowned Parakeet Red-crowned Kakariki
 
 
   

Yellow-crowned Kakariki/Parakeet

Cyanoramphus auriceps


 

Yellow-crowned Kakariki Have you seen the time?

The Yellow-crowned Parakeet or Kakariki population has also declined but it is still present on New Zealand's main two islands as well as some offshore islands.

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