Get the latest Flash Player to see this video.
Red-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) video
Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae) foraging in branches of Totara tree.
- Recorded 12 April 2008
- Added to IBC 1 year 9 weeks ago
- Neil Robertson
- Location Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp novaezelandiae).
- Duration 40 sec
Rating
More material of this species
- 4.4A close-up of ...New Caledonia, Aug 2007
- 4.3Red-crowned Pa...New Zealand, Apr 2008
- 3.8One bird close...New Zealand, Mar 2010
- 3.7An adult bird ...New Caledonia, Oct 2010
- 3.7A bird perched...Norfolk Isla..., Feb 2007
- 3.5An adult forag...New Zealand, Nov 2005
Recent material by Neil Robertson
- 4Very shy adult...Australia, Sep 2009
- 4.1Observed forag...Ecuador, Aug 2011
- 4.6New Zealand (G...New Zealand, Jan 2010
- 4.7New Zealand (G...New Zealand, Jan 2010
- 4.6Adult bird in ...New Zealand, Jun 2011
- 4.5This confiding...Ecuador, Aug 2011
Recent taxonomic revision has reduced number of recognised subspecies from 8 to 5 (including 1 extinct - Lord Howe). 3 closely related taxa, C.saisseti (New Caledonia), C.cookii (Norfolk Island) and C.hochstetteri (Antipodes Island) are now considered to be seperate species. Ref. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand 4th ed. Te Papa press / Ornithological Society of New Zealand.