Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Psittaciformes > Psittacidae > Cyanoramphus > Cyanoramphus saissetiCyanoramphus saisseti (Red-crowned Parakeet)The New Caledonian parakeet (Cyanoramphus saisseti) or New Caledonian red-crowned parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The species was once considered to be conspecific with the red-fronted parakeet of New Zealand but is now considered a full species and is known to be the basal species in the genus Cyanoramphus, which had its origins in New Caledonia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.69943 EDGE Score: 2.69447 |
Adult Weight [1] | 85 grams | | 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 [1] | 7 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 12 years | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 10 inches (26 cm) |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Aoupinié |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Dent de Saint-Vincent |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Entre les monts Nakada et Do |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Entre les monts Rembaï et Canala |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Entre Table Unio et Farino |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Forêt Plate |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Grand Koum |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Hautes vallées des rivières Néaoua, Koua et Kouaoua |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Massif du Mé Kanin, Sphinx et Arago |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Massif du Panié |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Massifs du Grand Sud: entre le mont Humboldt et la rivière Bleue |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Mé Maoya |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Pic Ningua |
New Caledonia (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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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 |
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
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