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Yellow-crowned parakeets are 23 cm long and primarily bright green. They have a red band fronting their eponymous golden crown. Their wings, when spread in flight, are bluish purple. Their eyes are either orange or red and their bill is grey. The males of this species are larger than the females. The females can also be distinguished from males as their bills are disproportionally smaller.
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When to see the Yellow-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 November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-crowned Parakeet
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About the Yellow-crowned Parakeet
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.
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Easily confused with
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.
Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesiForbes' parakeets are medium-sized parakeets, with long tails and orange-red eyes.
Side by side: Red-crowned Parakeet vs Yellow-crowned Parakeet
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