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Forbes' Parakeet
Conservation statusEndangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Cyanoramphus
Species: C. forbesi
Binomial name
Cyanoramphus forbesi
(Kuhl, 1820)
Forbes' parakeet (Cyanoramphus forbesi), or the Yellow-fronted Parakeet is a rare parrot endemic to the Chatham Islands.
Range and habitat
The Forbes' parakeet native habitat is in brushy forest on the Chatham Islands and Pitt Islands. Due to hunting, capturing birds for the pet trade, the introduction of domestic cats and habitat destruction, the parakeets had diminished to 100 individuals on the lesser of the Mangere islands in 1938, but because of reforestation on Mangere Island Numbers have grown to hundreds. The parakeets are still confined to the two Mangere Islands.[1]
Behaviour
Diet
Forbes' parakeets have been found to eat mainly invertebrates, though they also eat flowers, seeds, and leaves.
References
1. ^ nzbirds.com [1]; Acessed 5/3/07
