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Chatham Parakeet - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Chatham Islands Parakeet

Cyanoramphus forbesi

Identification

23 cm

  • Bright green upperparts
  • Paler green underparts
  • Crimson frontal band
  • Golden-yellow forecrown
  • Red patch on sides of rump
  • Long green tail

Female: smaller with smaller bill

Distribution

Endemic to the Chatham Islands (Mangere Island and Little Mangare Island) south of New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Thick forest and scrub.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes invertebrates, seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit, shoots and bark.

Breeding

It nests in crevices or tree hollows.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BirdLife International

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