Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
Near Threatened
Yellow-fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps)
Taxonomy
French: Perruche à tête d’or German: Springsittich Spanish: Perico maorí cabecigualdo
Other common names:
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Taxonomy:
Psittacus auriceps
Kuhl
, 1820,New Holland = South Island, New Zealand
.Distribution:
New Zealand area: North I, South I, Stewart I (could be extinct on the main island)#R, and Auckland Is (possibly eradicated through hybridization) and several small offshore islands.
Descriptive notes
23 cm. Very similar to C. novaezelandiae but head simply with red frontal band extending to eyes, backed by yellow crown.
Voice
Commonest call a long rattling chatter, e.g. “keekeekeekeekee...”, sometimes more nasal and lower-... read more
Habitat
Prefers mixed Nothofagus-Podocarpus forest, usually at higher altitudes than C.... read more
Food and feeding
Seeds including grass seeds, many kinds of berry, shoots, buds, flowers and invertebrates, on main islands taken in trees, but on predator-... read more
Breeding
Main period Oct–Dec, but nesting recorded in all months except May and Jun. Nest in hollow limbs or holes in trunks, often dead or... read more
Movements
Sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. CITES II. Currently considered Near Threatened. Formerly widespread and common, now confined to larger tracts of remaining native forest, with... read more
Normally considered to include C. forbesi and C. malherbi as a race and a variant, respectively, but see those species. Has hybridized extensively with C. novaezelandiae in Auckland Is#R. Monotypic.