Alternative name: Norfolk Parakeet, Norfolk Island Green Parrot
- Cyanoramphus cookii
Identification
27 cm (10½ in)
- Greenish overall plumage
- Red forehead
- Red spot behind the eye
Distribution
Taxonomy
Sometime included in Red-crowned Parakeet[3]
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- C. c. cookii: Norfolk Island
- C. c. subflavescens: Formerly Lord Howe Island, Extinct
Habitat
Forest and orchards
Behaviour
Diet
They vary their diet according to the season; buds and blossom in spring, fruit during the summer months; autumnal seeds and seeds and fruit in the winter.
Breeding
They use holes for nesting, in trees or cliffs.
Status
A breeding programme is in place to help recover their numbers. In addition rats and mice are being trapped and introduced Rosellas culled. This species take over the parakeet's nesting holes and will remove any nestlings.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2016)
- Birdforum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Norfolk Island Parakeet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Norfolk_Island_Parakeet
External Links
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