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[[Image:54011kakariki.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by nomdeploom<br />Photo taken: Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand .]] | [[Image:54011kakariki.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by nomdeploom<br />Photo taken: Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand .]] | ||
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- Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
Description
There are three species of Kākāriki (the most common, Maori, name): the Yellow-crowned, the Red-crowned or Red-fronted and the critically endagered Orange-fronted Parakeet. Endemic to New Zealand, they are now rarely seen on the mainland in the wild, although they are commonly bred in captivity (with a license). They are found in mature native forest only, staying high in the canopy and nesting in old holes in the trees. Maori hunted them for food and feathers.
