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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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 3 years ago 11 sec 3.2 -
a frontal view. Locality Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 7 January 2000 23 weeks 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 3 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 3 years ago 18 sec 2 -
One feeding in the outer twigs of 'Southern' Beech, then flying away Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 3 years ago 20 sec 2 -
One perched facing away, preening in tree tops Locality Cascade Creek, Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 1.7
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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 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 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 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
One bird drying on a perch
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 2 November 2010 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
perched, facing the camera
Locality New Zealand
Georges Olioso 3 December 2005 2 years ago 3.8 -
One bird bathing
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 2 November 2010 12 weeks ago 3.2 -
Adult in Private Collection
Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
nrg800 13 April 2010 1 year ago 2.7
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