Kākāriki
Common name for three species of parakeets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The three species of kākāriki (also spelled kakariki, without macrons), or New Zealand parakeets, are the most common species of parakeets in the genus Cyanoramphus, family Psittaculidae. The birds' Māori name, which is the most commonly used, means "small parrot". The etymology is: from kākā, parrot + riki, small.[1] The word is also used to refer to the colour green because of the birds' predominantly green plumage.[2] The patches of red on the birds' rumps are, according to legend, the blood of the demigod Tāwhaki.[3]
Kākāriki | |
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Red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Platycercini |
Genus: | Cyanoramphus |
Species | |
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The three species on mainland New Zealand are the yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps), the red-crowned parakeet, or red-fronted parakeet (C. novaezelandiae), and the critically endangered Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet (C. malherbi – not to be confused with Eupsittula canicularis a popular aviary bird known as the orange-fronted conure, orange-fronted parakeet or half-moon conure).