Chatham Parakeet

Chatham Parakeet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Cyanoramphus
Species: C. forbesi
Binomial name
Cyanoramphus forbesi
(Kuhl, 1820)

The Chatham Parakeet (Cyanoramphus forbesi), also known as the Forbes' Parakeet or the Yellow-fronted Parakeet, is a rare parrot endemic to the Chatham Islands.

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Range and habitat

The Chatham Parakeet native habitat is in brushy forest on the Chatham Islands and Pitt Island. Due to hunting, 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.[2]

Diet

Chatham Parakeets eat mainly invertebrates, though they are also known to eat flowers, seeds, and leaves.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Cyanoramphus forbesi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Chatham Parakeet - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=9814&m=0. Retrieved 7 April 2009. 

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