Global conservation status: vulnerable (Source: BirdLife)

Classification
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  • Scientific names
    • Cyanoramphus unicolor
  • English
    • Antipodes island parakeet
  • English
    • Antipodes Parakeet

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Date

Dec 12, 2009

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Description from Wikipedia

The Antipodes Parakeet or Antipodes Island Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor) is endemic to the Antipodes Islands, one of two parrot species found on the islands. It is the largest species in the genus Cyanoramphus. The parakeets eat leaves, buds, grass, and tussock stalks, as well as sometimes feeding on seeds, flowers, and will scavenge dead seabirds. The Antipodes Parakeet also preys on Grey-backed Storm-petrels. It will enter burrows to kill incubating adults, even dig at the entrance...

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.