Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Cyanoramphus auriceps
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
The yellow-crowned parakeet also known as the yellow-fronted parakeet is a species of parakeet endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The species is found across the main three islands of New Zealand, North Island, South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura, as well as on the subantarctic Auckland Islands. It has declined due to predation from introduced species such as stoats, although unlike the red-crowned parakeet, it has not been extirpated from the mainland of New Zealand. Its Māori name is kākāriki.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Cyanoramphus