Forbes' Parakeet
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Forbes' parakeet (Cyanoramphus forbesi), or the Yellow-fronted Parakeet is a rare parrot endemic to the Chatham Islands.
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[edit] 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[citation needed], 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]
[edit] Behaviour
they are carm towards humans
[edit] Diet
Forbes' parakeets have been found to eat mainly invertebrates, though they also eat flowers, seeds, and leaves.
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[edit] External links
- Forbes' parakeet and Chatham Island red-crowned parakeet recovery plan 2001-2011 (PDF). Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand (2001). Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
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