Parrots (Psittacidae)
Yellow-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps) - HBW 4, p. 371
French: Perruche à tête d'or
German: Springsittich
Spanish: Perico Maorí Cabecigualdo
Other common names: Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Yellow-fronted Kakariki
Taxonomy: Psittacus auriceps Kuhl, 1820, New Holland = South Island, New Zealand.
Normally considered to include C. forbesi and C. malherbi as a race and a variant respectively, but these forms perhaps better treated as separate species. Monotypic.
Distribution: New Zealand area, on North I, South I, Stewart I and Auckland Is, and several small offshore islands.
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A bird preening in a tree. Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 February 2013 11 weeks ago 16 sec 4.3 -
Adult feeding in tree, first on truck then in outer branches Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 4 years ago 11 sec 3.5 -
Bird in forest environment at Mount Bruce. Locality Mount Bruce, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp Monotypic species)
Doug and Denise Norris 11 November 2011 5 weeks ago 23 sec 3.3 -
a frontal view. Locality Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 7 January 2000 1 year ago 15 sec 2.7 -
One clambering and feeding in tree tops, then flying away (twice). Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 4 years ago 16 sec 2.5 -
One calling twice, then continues to feed in 'Southern' Beech Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 4 years ago 18 sec 2.3
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An endemic parakeet of New Zealand. This one was found in the bush of Fiordland National Park. This bird was feeding on the gro
Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
An endemic parakeet of New Zealand. This one was found in the bush of Fiordland National Park.
Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
One bird drying on a perch
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 2 November 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
One bird bathing
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 2 November 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
perched, facing the camera
Locality New Zealand
Georges Olioso 3 December 2005 4 years ago 3.2 -
Adult in Private Collection
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
nrg800 13 April 2010 3 years ago 2.8
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One bird calling twice. Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
(Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 20 weeks ago 3
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