- Cyanoramphus unicolor
Identification
31cm.
Emerald green upper body, yellow green under-parts, blue wing coverts.
Sexes similar.
Distribution
Antipodes Islands (part of New Zealand).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.[1]
Habitat
Tussock grassland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes poa tussock, seeds, flowers, berries and carrion from penguins and gulls.
Breeding
It nests in a well drained burrow up to 1 metre deep into the fibrous peat beneath the tussock vegetation. 2 eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Antipodes Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Antipodes_Parakeet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
