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Yellow-fronted Parakeet  

Also Known As: Yellow-fronted Kakariki, Yellow-crowned Parakeet or Kakariki, Yellow-fronted New Zealand Parakeet, Forbes's Parakeet (C.a. forbesi)
 
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Yellow-fronted Parakeet closeup

Credit: © Bruce Dehnbostel
 
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Did You Know?
On Auckland Island, Cyanoramphus auriceps and C. novaezelandiae have been interbreeding at a high rate, completely replacing C. auriceps on one of the smaller islands.

Species Profile
Genus:
Cyanoramphus

Species:
auriceps

Size: Adult Weight:
23cm (9 in) 95g (3.3 oz)

Races including nominate:
two: C.a. auriceps, C.a. forbesi

Colourization Adult: C.a. auriceps: both adults in general green; red frontal band reaching to eye; golden crown; red patch on each side of rump; purple/blue outer webs of flight feathers. Bill silver/grey with black tip. Eye orange/red. C.a. forbesi: both adults bright green sides of face; red frontal band not reaching to eye; green/blue outer webs of flight feathers; larger in size.

Colourization Juvenile: C.a. auriceps: as in adults but with shorter tail. Eye pale brown.

Call: Calls made in flight are repetitve, quieter and more high-pitched than calls of Red-fronted Parakeet (C. novaezelandiae).

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Content Sources:

BirdCare http://www.birdcare.com.au/kakariki.htm

Lexicon of Parrots http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E138.htm&Pic=138_1.JPG

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1477&m=0

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

Internet Bird Collection http://ibc.lynxeds.com/

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1977.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.

Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.