red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps) Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, Cyanoramphus auriceps.
Original caption: “Platycercus Auriceps. Platycercus Novae Zealandiae.”
English: Illustration of the Red-crowned Parakeet and the Yellow-crowned Parakeet.
Māori: Kakariki
Date 1873
Source Walter Lawry Buller (1838-1906): A History of the Birds of New Zealand 1st edition. 1873, between pages 60,61.
Author Lithographic plate by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:History_of_the_birds_of_NZ_1st_ed_p060-2.jpg
The red-crowned parakeet or red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), also widely known by its Māori name of kākāriki, is a small parrot from New Zealand. It is characterised by its bright green plumage and the red pattern on its head.
The yellow-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus auriceps) is a species of parakeet endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The species is found across the main three islands of New Zealand, North Island, South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura, as well as on the subantarctic Auckland Islands. Its Māori name is kākāriki.
