New Caledonian parakeet

New Caledonian parakeet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Platycercinae
Tribe: Platycercini
Genus: Cyanoramphus
Species: C. saisetti
Binomial name
Cyanoramphus saisetti
Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860

The New Caledonian parakeet (Cyanoramphus saisseti) [2] or New Caledonian red-crowned parakeet, is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The species was once considered to be conspecific with the red-fronted parakeet of New Zealand but is now considered a full species and is known to be the basal species in the genus Cyanoramphus, which had its origins in New Caledonia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cyanoramphus saisseti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Verreaux, Jules; O des Murs (1860). "Description d'oiseaux nouveaux de la Novelle-Caledonie et indication dex especes deja connues de ce pays". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée: 383–396.