#cyanoramphus

[herpsandbirds]

Red-crowned Kākāriki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, Stewart Island, New Zealand

photograph by Rob Clay

[best-bird-tournament]

Cyanoramphus parakeet runoff

Which is the best bird?

Norfolk parakeet

Malherbe's parakeet

Voting ended onSep 1, 2025

[hello-birdies]

Cyanoramphus auriceps by Richard Mayston

[herpsandbirds]

Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor), family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand

photograph by Kimberley Collins

[best-bird-tournament]

Cyanoramphus parakeet

Which is the best bird?

New Caledonian parakeet

Antipodes parakeet

Yellow-crowned parakeet

Chatham Islands parakeet

Norfolk parakeet

Malherbe's parakeet

Red-crowned parakeet

Voting ended onJul 23, 2025

[drhoz]

#2702 - Cyanoramphus auriceps - Yellow-crowned Parakeet

AKA kākāriki and Yellow-fronted Parakeet.

Endemic from the North Island to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, but not the southernmost parrot - that honours goes to the Austral Parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) which lives year-round right down to the tip of South America.

Related species include the Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor) and Reischek's Parakeet (Cyanoramphus hochstetteri) of the even more remote Antipodes Island.

Increasingly scarce thanks to introduced predators. Yay.

Kiwi Park, Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand

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[yarroaroon]

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