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Red-crowned parakeet

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The red-crowned parakeet is almost extinct on the North and South islands, but remains abundant on stoat-free Stewart Island and the Auckland Islands, as well as a number of small islands without rats or stoats. It nests in tree hollows or ground burrows. There are another two subspecies – one on the Chatham Islands, the other on the Kermadec Islands.

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Christina Troup, Small forest birds – Parakeets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/natural-sounds/12503/red-crowned-parakeet (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2023.