Welcome to my website
My name is Peter Wouters, I'm passionate hobbyist of the New Zealand Red-crowned Kakariki. This is one of the 10 variaties of the genus Cyanoramphus. The intention of this website is to collect as much information as possible about this bird. The site will be updated when new information is available.
At present there
are 10 species and 4 subspecies.
1.Orangefronted Kakariki (C. malherbi)
2.Forbes parakeet (C. forbesi)
3.Macquarie island Red-crowned parakeet (C. e. erythrotis)
- Subspecie: Reischek’s parakeet (C. e. hochstetteri)
4.Norfolk island Red-crowned parakeet (C. cooki)
5.New Caledonia Red-crowned parakeet (C. saisetti)
6.Yellow crowned Kakariki (C. auriceps)
7.Antipodes parakeet (C. unicolor)
8.New Zealand Red-crowned Kakariki (C. n. novaezelandiae)
- Subspecie: Chatham island Red-crowned parakeet (C. n.
chathamensis)
9.Society parakeet (C. ulietanis)
10.Black-fronted parakeet (C. zelandicus)
2 species of which still no DNA sequence is done and therefore for the time
being considered as subspecies of Cyanoramphus n.
novaezealandiae:
- Kermadec Red-crowned parakeet (C. n. cyanurus)
- Lord Howe parakeet (C. n. subflavescens)
Orangefronted
Kakariki
Length: 23 cm; pale green; narrow orange band to the forehead extends to
eyes; orange patch on both sides of the lower back; a yellow crown on top of
the head.
Natural habitat: South Island, Stewart, the area near to Hope River in
Nord Canterburry.
Bron:
http://www.parrot.co.nz
Forbes parakeet
Formerly considered as a sub specie of the Yellowcrown, but recent research
has demonstrated it is an independent specie.
Length: 25 cm; green; yellowish green belly; narrow red band not extending
to the eyes; outer flight feathers greenish blue.
Formerly found on 3 Islands of the Chatham group today only on Mangere and
little Mangere. Extremely endangered specie.
Hybridises with Chatham red-crowned parakeet on Mangere and little Mangere.
Bron:
http://www.nzbirds.com
Macquarie
Red crowned parakeet
Length: 30 cm; pale yellowish green; flight feathers pale blue with a green
hue.
Habitat: Maquarie eiland , completely extinct around1890.
Subspecie:
Reischek’s parkiet
Length: 30 cm; generally a yellowish green colour; front, crown and spots on
the lower back are orange-red; outer flight feathers are light blue.
Lives on the Antipodes Island.
Norfolk
Redcrowned
parakeet
Length: 31 cm; generally green bird with yellowish green at the chest; red
frontal band and red crown; red spots next to the eyes and on the lower
back.
Lives on Norfolk Island
Source:
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-5/1131950534.jpg
New Caledonian
Redcrowned parakeet
Length 26 cm; green bird; side of the head, chest and belly are yellow; small
pale red crown.
Habitat: New Caledonia.
Yellowcrowned
Kakariki
Length: 23 cm; green bird; chest and belly yellowish green; red band above
the nose extended to the eyes; golden yellow crown; red spots on the lower
back; outer flight feathers violet blue; upper beak bluish grey with a black
tip; greyish feet; iris orange-red.
habitat: northern and southern islands of New Zealand; Aukland island and
some off shore islands like Three Kings, Little
Barrier, Kapiti en Stewart.
Antipodes
parakeet
Length 30cm;green bird; chest, belly and under tail yellowish green; outer
flight feathers violet blue; orange iris; grey feet; upper beak bluish grey
with black tip.
Habitat: Antipodes island.
Nieuw Zeeland
Redcrowned Kakariki
Length 27 cm; generally greenish bird; chest, belly and under tail feathers
yellowish green; red crown and band extented to the eyes; red spots at the
lower back; outer flight feathers violet blue; grey feet; iris red; upper
beak bluish grey with black tip.
Young birds have less red in the crown, brown red iris and shorter tail..
Habitat: at present small amounts on the northern and southern islands;
abundant amounts on the off shore islands like Auckland eiland, Three Kings, Little
Barrier, Kapiti en Stewart.
Hybridises with the yellow crown. Estimated 1-10% of the pairings are
hybrids.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Subspecie:
Chatham Redcrowned parakeet
Length: 28 cm; same as the New Zealand redcrowned Kakariki but with a
bright merald green face; belly slightly more yellow; feet are grey to dark
grey.
Habitat: Chatham, Pitt island, South East island, Mangere and Little Mangere.
Hybridises on Mangere and Little Mangere with the Forbes’ parakeet as a
result of increasing deforestation.
Source:
www.doc.govt.nz
Society
parakeet
Length 25cm; head blackish brown, paler in the neck; rump and flights brown;
lower back and tail covers brownred; outer flight feathers and covers grey
blue; chest, belly and under tail covers olive;
middel tail feathers olive brown, outer tail feathers blue grey; iris was
probably orange; feet greyish brown; beak bluish grey with blackish tip.
Habitat: formerly on Raiatea, Society islands; completely extinct after 1773.
Bron: http://www.manu.pf
Blackfronted parakeet
Length 25cm; green bird with bluish chest, under tail covers, tail and front
black;fine scarlet stripe above the nose extended next to the eyes; lower
back red; outer flight feathers violet blue; iris was
probably orange; greyish brown feet; beak bluish grey with black tip.
Habitat: formerly Tahiti, completely extinct in 1844.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Source:
http://www.mediterranees.net/museum/oiseaux1.html
Kermadec
Redfronted
parakeet
Length 29cm; like New Zealand redcrowned Kakariki, but with lesser yellowish
plumage on the chest and belly; outer flight feathers dark blue; larger blue
green tail.
Habitat: Kermadec islands, like Macauley, Curtis, Meyer, Napier,
Dayrell and Chanter; formerly also Raoul.
Lord Howe
parakeet
Length 32cm; like the New Zealand Redcrowned Kakariki, but with more
yellowish plumage, mainly on the cheeks; smaller red crown.
Habitat:vroeger Lord Howe island; completely extinct in 1870.