Red-crowned Parakeet

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When to see the Red-crowned Parakeet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-crowned Parakeet

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia.

About the Red-crowned Parakeet

The red-crowned parakeet, also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori name of kākāriki, is a small parrot from New Zealand. It is characterised by its bright green plumage and the red pattern on its head. This versatile bird can feed on a variety food items and can be found in many habitat types. It used to be classified as near threatened as invasive predators had pushed it out of its historical range but it is now at least concern. This species used to occupy the entire island, but is now confined to only a few areas on the mainland and some offshore islands.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auricepsYellow-crowned parakeets are 23 cm long and primarily bright green. Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbiThe orange-fronted parakeet is a medium-sized parrot, about 20 cm long. New Caledonian ParakeetCyanoramphus saissetiThe New Caledonian parakeet, or New Caledonian red-crowned parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

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