Yellow-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps)

About Yellow-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Parrots
• Family: New World Parrots

The yellow-crowned parakeet also known as the yellow-fronted parakeet is a species of parakeet endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The species is found across the main three islands of New Zealand, North Island, South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura, as well as on the subantarctic Auckland Islands. It has declined due to predation from introduced species such as stoats, although unlike the red-crowned parakeet, it has not been extirpated from the mainland of New Zealand. Its Māori name is kākāriki.