Diet Overlap

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Pigeon)
Cyanoramphus auriceps (Yellow-crowned Parakeet)

Common Diet

Dacrydium cupressinum (New Zealand red pine)
Didymocheton spectabilis
Nothofagus menziesii (Silver Beech)

Common Habitat

Arthur's Pass National Park
Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands
Chatham Island temperate forests
Fiordland temperate forests
Mount Aspiring National Park
Nelson Coast temperate forests
New Zealand
North Island temperate forests
Northland temperate kauri forests
Rakiura Island temperate forests
Richmond temperate forests
South Island montane grasslands
Southland temperate forests
Westland temperate forests

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1O'Donnell, Colin F J and Dilks, Peter J, Foods and Foraging of Forest Birds in Temperate Rainforest, South. Westland, New Zealand, NZ J Ecology 18(2) (1994) pp. 87-107
♦ 2THE IMPORTANCE OF BIRDS AS BROWSERS, POLLINATORS AND SEED DISPERSERS IN NEW ZEALAND FORESTS, M.N. Clout and J. R. Hay, NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL 12, (SUPPLEMENT) 1989, pp. 27-33
♦ 3FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE RED-CROWNED PARAKEET (CYANORAMPHUS NOVAEZELANDIAE NOVAEZELANDIAE) AND YELLOW-CROWNED PARAKEET (C. AURICEPS AURICEPS) ON LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND, HAURAKI GULF, NEW ZEALAND, Terry C. Greene, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1998) 22(2): 161-171
♦ 4Comparative ecology of sympatric orange-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus malherbi) and yellow-crowned parakeets (C. auriceps), South Island, New Zealand, Jonathan C. Kearvell, James R. Young and Andrew D. Grant, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2002) 26(2): 139-148