Antipodes Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor Scientific name definitions

30 cm. Green, bright emerald on forehead and face , olive on rest of plumage , yellower below ; outer webs of primaries purplish blue , tail margined yellow. Immature undescribed.

Antipodes I and its islets (Archway, Bollons, Inner Windward and Leeward) (1 BirdLife International (2013). IUCN Red List for birds. URL: http://www.birdlife.org (download Aug 2013). Close ).

Poa and Carex leaves comprised 70% of records, with seeds (13%), berries, flowers and other vegetation (10%), and carrion of penguins and petrels (6%).

Calls include a chattering low-pitched “kok-kok-kok-kok…” with a bubbling quality, soft clucking and loud high-pitched chatters, and soft single notes.

VULNERABLE. CITES II. A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Generally common, with a total population estimated at 2000–3000 birds. The only threat to this species is the accidental introduction of some predator (rats or cats) from a fishing or other passing vessel; although once a remote possibility, increased fishing pressure in waters around the (uninhabited) Antipodes has greatly heightened the chances of such an event.