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Yellow-crowned parakeet

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Yellow-crowned parakeet

The yellow-crowned parakeet has a red band above the bill, and yellow feathers on the top of its head. They are now the most numerous parakeets on the mainland, although they are mainly restricted to remote forests, and are in gradual decline. Yellow-crowned parakeets are also found on Stewart and Auckland islands.

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Christina Troup, Small forest birds – Parakeets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12506/yellow-crowned-parakeet (accessed 4 June 2026).

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