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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

  1. 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.

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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