Parrots (Psittacidae)
Red-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) - HBW 4, p. 371
French: Perruche de Sparrman
German: Ziegensittich
Spanish: Perico Maorí Cabecirrojo
Other common names: Red-crowned Parakeet; Norfolk Parakeet (cookii); New Caledonian Parakeet (saisseti)
Taxonomy: Psittacus Novae Zelandiae Sparrman, 1787, Dusky Sound, South Island.
Races cookii and saisseti sometimes considered separate species. Races erythrotis of Macquarie I and subflavescens of Lord Howe I extinct. Six extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- saisseti J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 - New Caledonia.
- cookii (G. R. Gray, 1859) - Norfolk I.
- cyanurus Salvadori, 1891 - Kermadec Is.
- saisseti J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 - New Caledonia.
- cookii (G. R. Gray, 1859) - Norfolk I.
- cyanurus Salvadori, 1891 - Kermadec Is.
- novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787) - New Zealand, on North I, South I, Stewart I, Auckland Is and many offshore islands.
- chathamensis Oliver, 1930 - Chatham Is.
- hochstetteri (Reischek, 1889) - Antipodes Is.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A close-up of an adult bird foraging Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp saisseti)
Luc Fazio 31 August 2007 3 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae) foraging in branches of Totara tree. Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp novaezelandiae)
Neil Robertson 12 April 2008 45 weeks ago 40 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird perched in a tree, looking around. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp saisseti)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 47 weeks ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched and calling Locality Norfolk Island Botanic Garden, Norfolk Island (ssp cookii)
Peter Fraser 28 February 2007 4 years ago 8 sec 3.7 -
An adult bird moving in a tree and flying away while calling. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp saisseti)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 47 weeks ago 28 sec 3.5 -
An adult foraging in a tree Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp novaezelandiae)
Brooke Clibbon 22 November 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 3.5
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One bird close up
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 21 March 2010 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
An Adult in a Private Collection.
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
nrg800 13 April 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A bird looking into the camera, in an enclosure at Rotorua.
Locality North Island, New Zealand (ssp novaezelandiae)
marianhw 2 March 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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A bird calling from a tree and, more intensively, when it flies away. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
(ssp saisseti)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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