Alternative name: Chatham Islands Parakeet
- Cyanoramphus forbesi
Identification
23 cm
- Bright green upperparts
- Paler green underparts
- Crimson frontal band
- Golden-yellow forecrown
- Red patch on sides of rump
- Long green tail
Female: smaller with smaller bill
Distribution
Endemic to the Chatham Islands (Mangere Island and Little Mangare Island) south of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Thick forest and scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes invertebrates, seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit, shoots and bark.
Breeding
It nests in crevices or tree hollows.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chatham Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chatham_Parakeet
