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Cyanoramphus auriceps

Photo by Ornitho26 at North Island, New Zealand

[edit] Identification

23cm. Green, red frontal band reaching to eye, golden crown, red patch on each side of rump, purple/blue outer webs of flight feathers, bill silver/grey with black tip, orange/red eye.

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Dense unbroken forest and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes invertebrates, leaves, flowers and seeds.

They nest in tree holes; 5-9 eggs are laid and are incubated for 20 days.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID