Kākāriki
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The three species of kākāriki, or New Zealand parakeets, are the most common species of parakeets in the genus Cyanoramphus, family Psittaculidae. The most commonly used name kākāriki is Māori in orig
Kakariki perched on a branch, looking
Museum specimen of kākāriki feathers
Kākāriki eating berries
Cyanoramphus malherbi
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Orange-fronted parakeet or Malherbe's parakeet is a small parrot endemic to New Zealand. It is known in te reo māori as kākāriki karaka or orange-fronted kākāriki, with kākāriki translating to 'small
Kākāriki
…yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), the red-crowned parakeet, or red-fronted parakeet (C. novaezelandiae), and the critically endangered Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet (C. malherbi – not to be confused with Eupsittula canicularis, a popular aviary bird known as the orange-fronted conure…
Cyanoramphus malherbi
Adult with its orange frontal band
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