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Status in the Wild

World Population:
21,300-25,300

Range:
C.n. novaezelandiae: New Zealand, including offshore islands and Auckland Islands.
C.n. cyanurus: Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
C.n. chathamensis: Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
C.n. hochstetteri: Antipodes Islands, New Zealand.
C.n. erythrotis: Formerly Macquarie Island.
C.n. cookii: Norfolk Island, Australia.
C.n. subflavescens: Formerly Lord Howe Island, Australia.
C.n. saissetti: New Caledonia.


Habitat:
Found in native forest on mainland New Zealand, open scrub on some offshore islands and tussock grassland on Antipodes Island.

Threat Summary:
Erythrotis and subflavescens both extinct, cookii endangered; populations declining due to habitat loss and introduced predators. Both extinct subspecies were also hunted for food and persecuted as crop pests.

IUCN Rating:
Vulnerable

Wild Diet:
Feeds on fruits, seeds, leaves, buds, berries, flowers, nectar and shoots; also invertebrates, honeydew and seaweed and small limpets.

CITES Rating:
Appendix I

Ecology:
Are most often seen in pairs which remain together throughout the year. Larger groups gather at food sources. Flocks also form to bathe in intertidal pools and roost communally. Birds feed actively in early morning, resting and preening during the day and feeding again in the afternoon.

Clutch and Egg Size:
5-9 broadly elliptical eggs, 26.0 x 21.5mm (1 x 0.8 in).

Breeding Season:
October-March

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.oikonos.org/projects/titi.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0921_040921_newzealand_birds.html

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/norfolk-green-parrot/pubs/norfolk-green-parrot.pdf

More Info Sites:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1101_full.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_Parakeet

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=26035