Antipodes Island Parrakeet

[finches247]

Here is my only photo of one I took at Auckland Zoo Last Year.Extremely Rare in NZ captivity in Private Hands these days and Not Common in Wild

[Mortisha]

cool!

is this wikipedia entry true?

The Antipodes Parakeet also preys on Grey-backed Storm Petrels.It will enter burrows to kill incubating adults,

scary little parrakeet!

[finches247]

I dont know if it is true.But I do know they do Burrow as there is no trees on the Antipodes all scrubs and cliffs and an Sub Antartic Island

[jusdeb]

Very nice and thanks for sharing

[Craig52]

Very nice Henry,they seem to have that Kakariki look are they related? Craig

[Finch_Breeder]

they seem to have that Kakariki look are they related? Craig

That's what I was thinking.
Mike

[finches247]

They are the full green cousins of Kakariki

You can get yellow crowns and red crowns and orange crowns in Kakarikis They is another speciess of kakarikis I think

[GregH]

Although they are a kikari they are apparently a bit like a kea - they have a taste for meat and are known to enter the burrows of sea-birds on the island, kill and eat even adult petrels! There used to be a very similar parrot on Australia's Macquarie Island island but competition and predation from rabbit's cats and rats paved the way for the southern star finch.

[Danny]

I can't wait for the movie - Zombies vs Psychotic meat eating sub-antartic parakeets

[Finch_Breeder]

I can't wait for the movie - Zombies vs Psychotic meat eating sub-antartic parakeets