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Red-crowned Parakeet (Kakariki) Pictures - Photos

17 images Created 25 Aug 2009

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  • The kakariki was the first bird to be reintroduced to Tiritiri Matangi in 1974.  It was the first time in the world that captive-reared birds had been successfully released into the wild.
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  • Red-crowned parakeet, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, New Zealand
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  • Kakariki (Red-crowned Parakeet), Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Kakariki (Red-crowned Parakeet), Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • A well-camouflaged kakariki basking in the golden sunset light, on Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand.
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  • Kakariki began eating flax on TIritiri Matangi in the late 1990s, reducing flax-flower stems down to only two by 2000!  When kakriki numbers declined significantly in the winter of 2001, flax flowering improved, much to the benefit of the three nectar-eating species: tui, bellbird, and stitchbird.
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • The red-crowned species is more susceptible to attack than yellow-crowned kakariki because they spend more time foraging on the ground for food. They are now extinct in mainland forests where small numbers of yellow-crowned kakariki still survive.
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Kakariki, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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  • Red-crowned Parakeet, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
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