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Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Red-fronted Parakeet)

Synonyms: Psittacus novaezelandiae (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-crowned parakeet or red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) , also widely known by its Māori name of kākāriki, is a small parrot from New Zealand. It is characterised by its bright green plumage and the red pattern on its head. This versatile bird can feed on a variety food items and can be found in many habitat types. It is classified as near threatened as invasive predators have pushed it out of its historical range. This species that used to occupy the whole country is now confined to only a few areas on the mainland and some offshore islands.
View Wikipedia Record: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

Infraspecies

Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae chathamensis (Chatham red-fronted parakeet)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cyanurus (Kermadec red-fronted parakeet)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae hochstetteri (Antipodes red-fronted parakeet)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae (Red-fronted parakeet)
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.21305
EDGE Score: 2.55351
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  85 grams
Female Weight [3]  68 grams
Male Weight [3]  82 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  20.6 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [5]  7
Incubation [4]  20 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display (mostly)
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [7]  12 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  10 inches (26 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Auckland Islands / Motu Maha Marine Reserve 1230585 New Zealand      
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands World Heritage Site 3426838 New Zealand    
Norfolk Island National Park II 1723 Australian external territories, Australia  
Rakiura National Park II 345849 New Zealand  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Caledonia New Caledonia No
New Zealand New Zealand No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratophyllus gallinae (European chicken flea)[10]
Notiopsylla enciari enciari[10]
Parapsyllus cardinis[10]
Parapsyllus nestoris antichthones[10]
Parapsyllus struthophilus[10]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Higgins, PJ (Ed) (1999) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Volume 4: Parrots to dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Masello JF, Quillfeldt P (2002) Chick growth and breeding success of the burrowing parrot Condor 104:574–586
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 9The relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators of the New Zealand flora, Sandra H. Anderson, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(2): 83-94
♦ 10International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0